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  <div class="section" id="what-s-new-in-python-3-8">
<h1>What’s New In Python 3.8<a class="headerlink" href="#what-s-new-in-python-3-8" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Editor</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>Raymond Hettinger</p>
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<p>This article explains the new features in Python 3.8, compared to 3.7.
For full details, see the <a class="reference internal" href="changelog.html#changelog"><span class="std std-ref">changelog</span></a>.</p>
<p>Python 3.8 was released on October 14th, 2019.</p>
<div class="section" id="summary-release-highlights">
<h2>Summary – Release highlights<a class="headerlink" href="#summary-release-highlights" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
</div>
<div class="section" id="new-features">
<h2>New Features<a class="headerlink" href="#new-features" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="section" id="assignment-expressions">
<h3>Assignment expressions<a class="headerlink" href="#assignment-expressions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>There is new syntax <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">:=</span></code> that assigns values to variables as part of a larger
expression. It is affectionately known as “the walrus operator” due to
its resemblance to <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walrus#/media/File:Pacific_Walrus_-_Bull_(8247646168).jpg">the eyes and tusks of a walrus</a>.</p>
<p>In this example, the assignment expression helps avoid calling
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#len" title="len"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">len()</span></code></a> twice:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">f</span><span class="s2">&quot;List is too long (</span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2"> elements, expected &lt;= 10)&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>A similar benefit arises during regular expression matching where
match objects are needed twice, once to test whether a match
occurred and another to extract a subgroup:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">discount</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">0.0</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mo</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="n">re</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">search</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">r</span><span class="s1">&#39;(\d+)</span><span class="si">% d</span><span class="s1">iscount&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">advertisement</span><span class="p">)):</span>
    <span class="n">discount</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">float</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mo</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">group</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="mf">100.0</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The operator is also useful with while-loops that compute
a value to test loop termination and then need that same
value again in the body of the loop:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Loop over fixed length blocks</span>
<span class="k">while</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">block</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">256</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="n">process</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">block</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Another motivating use case arises in list comprehensions where
a value computed in a filtering condition is also needed in
the expression body:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">clean_name</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">title</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">name</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">names</span>
 <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">clean_name</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="n">normalize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;NFC&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">allowed_names</span><span class="p">]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Try to limit use of the walrus operator to clean cases that reduce
complexity and improve readability.</p>
<p>See <span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572"><strong>PEP 572</strong></a> for a full description.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Emily Morehouse in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35224">bpo-35224</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="positional-only-parameters">
<h3>Positional-only parameters<a class="headerlink" href="#positional-only-parameters" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>There is a new function parameter syntax <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/</span></code> to indicate that some
function parameters must be specified positionally and cannot be used as
keyword arguments.  This is the same notation shown by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help()</span></code> for C
functions annotated with Larry Hastings’ <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/howto/clinic.html">Argument Clinic</a> tool.</p>
<p>In the following example, parameters <em>a</em> and <em>b</em> are positional-only,
while <em>c</em> or <em>d</em> can be positional or keyword, and <em>e</em> or <em>f</em> are
required to be keywords:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">f</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">c</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">d</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">e</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">c</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">d</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">e</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The following is a valid call:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">d</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">40</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">e</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">60</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>However, these are invalid calls:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">c</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">d</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">40</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">e</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">60</span><span class="p">)</span>   <span class="c1"># b cannot be a keyword argument</span>
<span class="n">f</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">40</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">60</span><span class="p">)</span>           <span class="c1"># e must be a keyword argument</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>One use case for this notation is that it allows pure Python functions
to fully emulate behaviors of existing C coded functions.  For example,
the built-in <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#divmod" title="divmod"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">divmod()</span></code></a> function does not accept keyword arguments:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">divmod</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="s2">&quot;Emulate the built in divmod() function&quot;</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">a</span> <span class="o">//</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Another use case is to preclude keyword arguments when the parameter
name is not helpful.  For example, the builtin <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#len" title="len"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">len()</span></code></a> function has
the signature <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">len(obj,</span> <span class="pre">/)</span></code>.  This precludes awkward calls such as:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;hello&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>  <span class="c1"># The &quot;obj&quot; keyword argument impairs readability</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>A further benefit of marking a parameter as positional-only is that it
allows the parameter name to be changed in the future without risk of
breaking client code.  For example, in the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/statistics.html#module-statistics" title="statistics: Mathematical statistics functions"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">statistics</span></code></a> module, the
parameter name <em>dist</em> may be changed in the future.  This was made
possible with the following function specification:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">quantiles</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">dist</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">n</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">method</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;exclusive&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="o">...</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Since the parameters to the left of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/</span></code> are not exposed as possible
keywords, the parameters names remain available for use in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">**kwargs</span></code>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">f</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwargs</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">kwargs</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">...</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">a</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">c</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>         <span class="c1"># a and b are used in two ways</span>
<span class="go">10 20 {&#39;a&#39;: 1, &#39;b&#39;: 2, &#39;c&#39;: 3}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>This greatly simplifies the implementation of functions and methods
that need to accept arbitrary keyword arguments.  For example, here
is an excerpt from code in the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/collections.html#module-collections" title="collections: Container datatypes"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">collections</span></code></a> module:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Counter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">dict</span><span class="p">):</span>

    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">iterable</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwds</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="c1"># Note &quot;iterable&quot; is a possible keyword argument</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>See <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0570"><strong>PEP 570</strong></a> for a full description.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Pablo Galindo in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36540">bpo-36540</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="parallel-filesystem-cache-for-compiled-bytecode-files">
<h3>Parallel filesystem cache for compiled bytecode files<a class="headerlink" href="#parallel-filesystem-cache-for-compiled-bytecode-files" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The new <span class="target" id="index-2"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONPYCACHEPREFIX"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PYTHONPYCACHEPREFIX</span></code></a> setting (also available as
<a class="reference internal" href="../using/cmdline.html#id5"><code class="xref std std-option docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-X</span></code></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pycache_prefix</span></code>) configures the implicit bytecode
cache to use a separate parallel filesystem tree, rather than
the default <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__pycache__</span></code> subdirectories within each source
directory.</p>
<p>The location of the cache is reported in <a class="reference internal" href="../library/sys.html#sys.pycache_prefix" title="sys.pycache_prefix"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.pycache_prefix</span></code></a>
(<a class="reference internal" href="../library/constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a> indicates the default location in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__pycache__</span></code>
subdirectories).</p>
<p>(Contributed by Carl Meyer in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33499">bpo-33499</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="debug-build-uses-the-same-abi-as-release-build">
<h3>Debug build uses the same ABI as release build<a class="headerlink" href="#debug-build-uses-the-same-abi-as-release-build" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Python now uses the same ABI whether it’s built in release or debug mode. On
Unix, when Python is built in debug mode, it is now possible to load C
extensions built in release mode and C extensions built using the stable ABI.</p>
<p>Release builds and debug builds are now ABI compatible: defining the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_DEBUG</span></code> macro no longer implies the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_TRACE_REFS</span></code> macro, which
introduces the only ABI incompatibility. The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_TRACE_REFS</span></code> macro, which
adds the <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.getobjects()</span></code> function and the <span class="target" id="index-3"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONDUMPREFS"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PYTHONDUMPREFS</span></code></a>
environment variable, can be set using the new <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./configure</span> <span class="pre">--with-trace-refs</span></code>
build option.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36465">bpo-36465</a>.)</p>
<p>On Unix, C extensions are no longer linked to libpython except on Android
and Cygwin.
It is now possible
for a statically linked Python to load a C extension built using a shared
library Python.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue21536">bpo-21536</a>.)</p>
<p>On Unix, when Python is built in debug mode, import now also looks for C
extensions compiled in release mode and for C extensions compiled with the
stable ABI.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36722">bpo-36722</a>.)</p>
<p>To embed Python into an application, a new <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--embed</span></code> option must be passed to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python3-config</span> <span class="pre">--libs</span> <span class="pre">--embed</span></code> to get <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-lpython3.8</span></code> (link the application
to libpython). To support both 3.8 and older, try <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python3-config</span> <span class="pre">--libs</span>
<span class="pre">--embed</span></code> first and fallback to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python3-config</span> <span class="pre">--libs</span></code> (without <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--embed</span></code>)
if the previous command fails.</p>
<p>Add a pkg-config <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python-3.8-embed</span></code> module to embed Python into an
application: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pkg-config</span> <span class="pre">python-3.8-embed</span> <span class="pre">--libs</span></code> includes <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-lpython3.8</span></code>.
To support both 3.8 and older, try <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pkg-config</span> <span class="pre">python-X.Y-embed</span> <span class="pre">--libs</span></code> first
and fallback to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pkg-config</span> <span class="pre">python-X.Y</span> <span class="pre">--libs</span></code> (without <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--embed</span></code>) if the
previous command fails (replace <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">X.Y</span></code> with the Python version).</p>
<p>On the other hand, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pkg-config</span> <span class="pre">python3.8</span> <span class="pre">--libs</span></code> no longer contains
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-lpython3.8</span></code>. C extensions must not be linked to libpython (except on
Android and Cygwin, whose cases are handled by the script);
this change is backward incompatible on purpose.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36721">bpo-36721</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="f-strings-support-for-self-documenting-expressions-and-debugging">
<h3>f-strings support <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">=</span></code> for self-documenting expressions and debugging<a class="headerlink" href="#f-strings-support-for-self-documenting-expressions-and-debugging" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">=</span></code> specifier to <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-f-string"><span class="xref std std-term">f-string</span></a>s. An f-string such as
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">f'{expr=}'</span></code> will expand to the text of the expression, an equal sign,
then the representation of the evaluated expression.  For example:</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">user</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;eric_idle&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">member_since</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">date</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1975</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">31</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="sa">f</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">user</span><span class="si">=}</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">member_since</span><span class="si">=}</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span>
<span class="go">&quot;user=&#39;eric_idle&#39; member_since=datetime.date(1975, 7, 31)&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The usual <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/lexical_analysis.html#f-strings"><span class="std std-ref">f-string format specifiers</span></a> allow more
control over how the result of the expression is displayed:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">delta</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">date</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">today</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="n">member_since</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="sa">f</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">user</span><span class="si">=!s}</span><span class="s1">  </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">delta</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">days</span><span class="si">=:</span><span class="s1">,d</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span>
<span class="go">&#39;user=eric_idle  delta.days=16,075&#39;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">=</span></code> specifier will display the whole expression so that
calculations can be shown:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">f</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">theta</span><span class="si">=}</span><span class="s1">  </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">cos</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">radians</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">theta</span><span class="p">))</span><span class="si">=:</span><span class="s1">.3f</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s1">&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">theta=30  cos(radians(theta))=0.866</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Eric V. Smith and Larry Hastings in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36817">bpo-36817</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pep-578-python-runtime-audit-hooks">
<h3>PEP 578: Python Runtime Audit Hooks<a class="headerlink" href="#pep-578-python-runtime-audit-hooks" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The PEP adds an Audit Hook and Verified Open Hook. Both are available from
Python and native code, allowing applications and frameworks written in pure
Python code to take advantage of extra notifications, while also allowing
embedders or system administrators to deploy builds of Python where auditing is
always enabled.</p>
<p>See <span class="target" id="index-4"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0578"><strong>PEP 578</strong></a> for full details.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pep-587-python-initialization-configuration">
<h3>PEP 587: Python Initialization Configuration<a class="headerlink" href="#pep-587-python-initialization-configuration" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <span class="target" id="index-5"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0587"><strong>PEP 587</strong></a> adds a new C API to configure the Python Initialization
providing finer control on the whole configuration and better error reporting.</p>
<p>New structures:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyConfig" title="PyConfig"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyConfig</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyPreConfig" title="PyPreConfig"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyPreConfig</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyStatus" title="PyStatus"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyStatus</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyWideStringList" title="PyWideStringList"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyWideStringList</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>New functions:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyConfig_Clear" title="PyConfig_Clear"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyConfig_Clear()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyConfig_InitIsolatedConfig" title="PyConfig_InitIsolatedConfig"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyConfig_InitIsolatedConfig()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyConfig_InitPythonConfig" title="PyConfig_InitPythonConfig"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyConfig_InitPythonConfig()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyConfig_Read" title="PyConfig_Read"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyConfig_Read()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyConfig_SetArgv" title="PyConfig_SetArgv"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyConfig_SetArgv()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyConfig_SetBytesArgv" title="PyConfig_SetBytesArgv"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyConfig_SetBytesArgv()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyConfig_SetBytesString" title="PyConfig_SetBytesString"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyConfig_SetBytesString()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyConfig_SetString" title="PyConfig_SetString"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyConfig_SetString()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyPreConfig_InitIsolatedConfig" title="PyPreConfig_InitIsolatedConfig"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyPreConfig_InitIsolatedConfig()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig" title="PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyStatus_Error" title="PyStatus_Error"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyStatus_Error()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyStatus_Exception" title="PyStatus_Exception"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyStatus_Exception()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyStatus_Exit" title="PyStatus_Exit"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyStatus_Exit()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyStatus_IsError" title="PyStatus_IsError"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyStatus_IsError()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyStatus_IsExit" title="PyStatus_IsExit"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyStatus_IsExit()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyStatus_NoMemory" title="PyStatus_NoMemory"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyStatus_NoMemory()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyStatus_Ok" title="PyStatus_Ok"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyStatus_Ok()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyWideStringList_Append" title="PyWideStringList_Append"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyWideStringList_Append()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyWideStringList_Insert" title="PyWideStringList_Insert"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyWideStringList_Insert()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/veryhigh.html#c.Py_BytesMain" title="Py_BytesMain"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_BytesMain()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.Py_ExitStatusException" title="Py_ExitStatusException"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ExitStatusException()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.Py_InitializeFromConfig" title="Py_InitializeFromConfig"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_InitializeFromConfig()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.Py_PreInitialize" title="Py_PreInitialize"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_PreInitialize()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.Py_PreInitializeFromArgs" title="Py_PreInitializeFromArgs"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_PreInitializeFromArgs()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.Py_PreInitializeFromBytesArgs" title="Py_PreInitializeFromBytesArgs"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_PreInitializeFromBytesArgs()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.Py_RunMain" title="Py_RunMain"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_RunMain()</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>This PEP also adds <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_PyRuntimeState.preconfig</span></code> (<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyPreConfig" title="PyPreConfig"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyPreConfig</span></code></a> type)
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyInterpreterState.config</span></code> (<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#c.PyConfig" title="PyConfig"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyConfig</span></code></a> type) fields to these
internal structures. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyInterpreterState.config</span></code> becomes the new
reference configuration, replacing global configuration variables and
other private variables.</p>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init_config.html#init-config"><span class="std std-ref">Python Initialization Configuration</span></a> for the
documentation.</p>
<p>See <span class="target" id="index-6"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0587"><strong>PEP 587</strong></a> for a full description.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36763">bpo-36763</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="vectorcall-a-fast-calling-protocol-for-cpython">
<h3>Vectorcall: a fast calling protocol for CPython<a class="headerlink" href="#vectorcall-a-fast-calling-protocol-for-cpython" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The “vectorcall” protocol is added to the Python/C API.
It is meant to formalize existing optimizations which were already done
for various classes.
Any extension type implementing a callable can use this protocol.</p>
<p>This is currently provisional.
The aim is to make it fully public in Python 3.9.</p>
<p>See <span class="target" id="index-7"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0590"><strong>PEP 590</strong></a> for a full description.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Jeroen Demeyer and Mark Shannon in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36974">bpo-36974</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pickle-protocol-5-with-out-of-band-data-buffers">
<h3>Pickle protocol 5 with out-of-band data buffers<a class="headerlink" href="#pickle-protocol-5-with-out-of-band-data-buffers" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>When <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pickle.html#module-pickle" title="pickle: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pickle</span></code></a> is used to transfer large data between Python processes
in order to take advantage of multi-core or multi-machine processing,
it is important to optimize the transfer by reducing memory copies, and
possibly by applying custom techniques such as data-dependent compression.</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pickle.html#module-pickle" title="pickle: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pickle</span></code></a> protocol 5 introduces support for out-of-band buffers
where <span class="target" id="index-8"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3118"><strong>PEP 3118</strong></a>-compatible data can be transmitted separately from the
main pickle stream, at the discretion of the communication layer.</p>
<p>See <span class="target" id="index-9"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0574"><strong>PEP 574</strong></a> for a full description.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36785">bpo-36785</a>.)</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="other-language-changes">
<h2>Other Language Changes<a class="headerlink" href="#other-language-changes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>A <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/simple_stmts.html#continue"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">continue</span></code></a> statement was illegal in the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#finally"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">finally</span></code></a> clause
due to a problem with the implementation.  In Python 3.8 this restriction
was lifted.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32489">bpo-32489</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#bool" title="bool"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bool</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#int" title="int"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code></a>, and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/fractions.html#fractions.Fraction" title="fractions.Fraction"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fractions.Fraction</span></code></a> types
now have an <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#int.as_integer_ratio" title="int.as_integer_ratio"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">as_integer_ratio()</span></code></a> method like that found in
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#float" title="float"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">float</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/decimal.html#decimal.Decimal" title="decimal.Decimal"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">decimal.Decimal</span></code></a>.  This minor API extension
makes it possible to write <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">numerator,</span> <span class="pre">denominator</span> <span class="pre">=</span>
<span class="pre">x.as_integer_ratio()</span></code> and have it work across multiple numeric types.
(Contributed by Lisa Roach in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33073">bpo-33073</a> and Raymond Hettinger in
<a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37819">bpo-37819</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Constructors of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#int" title="int"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#float" title="float"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">float</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#complex" title="complex"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">complex</span></code></a> will now
use the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> special method, if available and the
corresponding method <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__int__" title="object.__int__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__float__" title="object.__float__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__float__()</span></code></a>
or <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__complex__" title="object.__complex__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__complex__()</span></code></a> is not available.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue20092">bpo-20092</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Added support of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\N{name}</span></code> escapes in <a class="reference internal" href="../library/re.html#module-re" title="re: Regular expression operations."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">regular</span> <span class="pre">expressions</span></code></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">notice</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Copyright © 2019&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">copyright_year_pattern</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">re</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">compile</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">r</span><span class="s1">&#39;\N{copyright sign}\s*(\d</span><span class="si">{4}</span><span class="s1">)&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">copyright_year_pattern</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">search</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">notice</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">group</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="go">2019</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Jonathan Eunice and Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue30688">bpo-30688</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Dict and dictviews are now iterable in reversed insertion order using
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#reversed" title="reversed"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">reversed()</span></code></a>. (Contributed by Rémi Lapeyre in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33462">bpo-33462</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The syntax allowed for keyword names in function calls was further
restricted. In particular, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">f((keyword)=arg)</span></code> is no longer allowed. It was
never intended to permit more than a bare name on the left-hand side of a
keyword argument assignment term.
(Contributed by Benjamin Peterson in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34641">bpo-34641</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Generalized iterable unpacking in <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/simple_stmts.html#yield"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">yield</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/simple_stmts.html#return"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">return</span></code></a> statements no longer requires enclosing parentheses.
This brings the <em>yield</em> and <em>return</em> syntax into better agreement with
normal assignment syntax:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">family</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="go">        lastname, *members = family.split()</span>
<span class="go">        return lastname.upper(), *members</span>

<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;simpsons homer marge bart lisa sally&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">(&#39;SIMPSONS&#39;, &#39;homer&#39;, &#39;marge&#39;, &#39;bart&#39;, &#39;lisa&#39;, &#39;sally&#39;)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by David Cuthbert and Jordan Chapman in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32117">bpo-32117</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>When a comma is missed in code such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">[(10,</span> <span class="pre">20)</span> <span class="pre">(30,</span> <span class="pre">40)]</span></code>, the
compiler displays a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#SyntaxWarning" title="SyntaxWarning"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SyntaxWarning</span></code></a> with a helpful suggestion.
This improves on just having a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#TypeError" title="TypeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code></a> indicating that the
first tuple was not callable.  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in
<a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue15248">bpo-15248</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Arithmetic operations between subclasses of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/datetime.html#datetime.date" title="datetime.date"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">datetime.date</span></code></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime" title="datetime.datetime"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">datetime.datetime</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/datetime.html#datetime.timedelta" title="datetime.timedelta"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">datetime.timedelta</span></code></a> objects now return
an instance of the subclass, rather than the base class. This also affects
the return type of operations whose implementation (directly or indirectly)
uses <a class="reference internal" href="../library/datetime.html#datetime.timedelta" title="datetime.timedelta"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">datetime.timedelta</span></code></a> arithmetic, such as
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.astimezone" title="datetime.datetime.astimezone"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">astimezone()</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Paul Ganssle in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32417">bpo-32417</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>When the Python interpreter is interrupted by Ctrl-C (SIGINT) and the
resulting <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#KeyboardInterrupt" title="KeyboardInterrupt"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyboardInterrupt</span></code></a> exception is not caught, the Python process
now exits via a SIGINT signal or with the correct exit code such that the
calling process can detect that it died due to a Ctrl-C.  Shells on POSIX
and Windows use this to properly terminate scripts in interactive sessions.
(Contributed by Google via Gregory P. Smith in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue1054041">bpo-1054041</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Some advanced styles of programming require updating the
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/types.html#types.CodeType" title="types.CodeType"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">types.CodeType</span></code></a> object for an existing function.  Since code
objects are immutable, a new code object needs to be created, one
that is modeled on the existing code object.  With 19 parameters,
this was somewhat tedious.  Now, the new <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">replace()</span></code> method makes
it possible to create a clone with a few altered parameters.</p>
<p>Here’s an example that alters the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/statistics.html#statistics.mean" title="statistics.mean"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">statistics.mean()</span></code></a> function to
prevent the <em>data</em> parameter from being used as a keyword argument:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">statistics</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">mean</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">90</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="go">40</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mean</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="vm">__code__</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">mean</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="vm">__code__</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">replace</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">co_posonlyargcount</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">mean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">90</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="gt">Traceback (most recent call last):</span>
  <span class="c">...</span>
<span class="gr">TypeError</span>: <span class="n">mean() got some positional-only arguments passed as keyword arguments: &#39;data&#39;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37032">bpo-37032</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>For integers, the three-argument form of the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#pow" title="pow"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pow()</span></code></a> function now
permits the exponent to be negative in the case where the base is
relatively prime to the modulus. It then computes a modular inverse to
the base when the exponent is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>, and a suitable power of that
inverse for other negative exponents.  For example, to compute the
<a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_multiplicative_inverse">modular multiplicative inverse</a> of 38
modulo 137, write:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">pow</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">38</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">137</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">119</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="mi">119</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mi">38</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">137</span>
<span class="go">1</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Modular inverses arise in the solution of <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diophantine_equation">linear Diophantine
equations</a>.
For example, to find integer solutions for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">4258𝑥</span> <span class="pre">+</span> <span class="pre">147𝑦</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">369</span></code>,
first rewrite as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">4258𝑥</span> <span class="pre">≡</span> <span class="pre">369</span> <span class="pre">(mod</span> <span class="pre">147)</span></code> then solve:</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">369</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="nb">pow</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">4258</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">147</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="mi">147</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">y</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">4258</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">369</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">//</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">147</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="mi">4258</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">147</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">y</span>
<span class="go">369</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Mark Dickinson in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36027">bpo-36027</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Dict comprehensions have been synced-up with dict literals so that the
key is computed first and the value second:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="c1"># Dict comprehension</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">cast</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nb">input</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;role? &#39;</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="nb">input</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;actor? &#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)}</span>
<span class="go">role? King Arthur</span>
<span class="go">actor? Chapman</span>
<span class="go">role? Black Knight</span>
<span class="go">actor? Cleese</span>

<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="c1"># Dict literal</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">cast</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nb">input</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;role? &#39;</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="nb">input</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;actor? &#39;</span><span class="p">)}</span>
<span class="go">role? Sir Robin</span>
<span class="go">actor? Eric Idle</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The guaranteed execution order is helpful with assignment expressions
because variables assigned in the key expression will be available in
the value expression:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">names</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;Martin von Löwis&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Łukasz Langa&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Walter Dörwald&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="p">{(</span><span class="n">n</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="n">normalize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;NFC&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">))</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">casefold</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">n</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">name</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">names</span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="go">{&#39;martin von löwis&#39;: &#39;Martin von Löwis&#39;,</span>
<span class="go"> &#39;łukasz langa&#39;: &#39;Łukasz Langa&#39;,</span>
<span class="go"> &#39;walter dörwald&#39;: &#39;Walter Dörwald&#39;}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Jörn Heissler in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35224">bpo-35224</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pickle.html#object.__reduce__" title="object.__reduce__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object.__reduce__()</span></code></a> method can now return a tuple from two to
six elements long. Formerly, five was the limit.  The new, optional sixth
element is a callable with a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(obj,</span> <span class="pre">state)</span></code> signature.  This allows the
direct control over the state-updating behavior of a specific object.  If
not <em>None</em>, this callable will have priority over the object’s
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/pickle.html#object.__setstate__" title="object.__setstate__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__setstate__()</span></code></a> method.
(Contributed by Pierre Glaser and Olivier Grisel in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35900">bpo-35900</a>.)</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="new-modules">
<h2>New Modules<a class="headerlink" href="#new-modules" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>The new <a class="reference internal" href="../library/importlib.metadata.html#module-importlib.metadata" title="importlib.metadata: The implementation of the importlib metadata."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">importlib.metadata</span></code></a> module provides (provisional) support for
reading metadata from third-party packages.  For example, it can extract an
installed package’s version number, list of entry points, and more:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="c1"># Note following example requires that the popular &quot;requests&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="c1"># package has been installed.</span>
<span class="go">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">importlib.metadata</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">version</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">requires</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">files</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">version</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;requests&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">&#39;2.22.0&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">requires</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;requests&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="go">[&#39;chardet (&lt;3.1.0,&gt;=3.0.2)&#39;]</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">files</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;requests&#39;</span><span class="p">))[:</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="go">[PackagePath(&#39;requests-2.22.0.dist-info/INSTALLER&#39;),</span>
<span class="go"> PackagePath(&#39;requests-2.22.0.dist-info/LICENSE&#39;),</span>
<span class="go"> PackagePath(&#39;requests-2.22.0.dist-info/METADATA&#39;),</span>
<span class="go"> PackagePath(&#39;requests-2.22.0.dist-info/RECORD&#39;),</span>
<span class="go"> PackagePath(&#39;requests-2.22.0.dist-info/WHEEL&#39;)]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Barry Warsaw and Jason R. Coombs in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34632">bpo-34632</a>.)</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="improved-modules">
<h2>Improved Modules<a class="headerlink" href="#improved-modules" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="section" id="ast">
<h3>ast<a class="headerlink" href="#ast" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>AST nodes now have <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">end_lineno</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">end_col_offset</span></code> attributes,
which give the precise location of the end of the node.  (This only
applies to nodes that have <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lineno</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">col_offset</span></code> attributes.)</p>
<p>New function <a class="reference internal" href="../library/ast.html#ast.get_source_segment" title="ast.get_source_segment"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ast.get_source_segment()</span></code></a> returns the source code
for a specific AST node.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Ivan Levkivskyi in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33416">bpo-33416</a>.)</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/ast.html#ast.parse" title="ast.parse"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ast.parse()</span></code></a> function has some new flags:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">type_comments=True</span></code> causes it to return the text of <span class="target" id="index-10"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484"><strong>PEP 484</strong></a> and
<span class="target" id="index-11"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0526"><strong>PEP 526</strong></a> type comments associated with certain AST nodes;</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mode='func_type'</span></code> can be used to parse <span class="target" id="index-12"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484"><strong>PEP 484</strong></a> “signature type
comments” (returned for function definition AST nodes);</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">feature_version=(3,</span> <span class="pre">N)</span></code> allows specifying an earlier Python 3
version.  For example, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">feature_version=(3,</span> <span class="pre">4)</span></code> will treat
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#async"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">async</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/expressions.html#await"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">await</span></code></a> as non-reserved words.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>(Contributed by Guido van Rossum in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35766">bpo-35766</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="asyncio">
<h3>asyncio<a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.run" title="asyncio.run"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.run()</span></code></a> has graduated from the provisional to stable API. This
function can be used to execute a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-coroutine"><span class="xref std std-term">coroutine</span></a> and return the result while
automatically managing the event loop. For example:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">asyncio</span>

<span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sleep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">42</span>

<span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">main</span><span class="p">())</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>This is <em>roughly</em> equivalent to:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">asyncio</span>

<span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sleep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="mi">42</span>

<span class="n">loop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">new_event_loop</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_event_loop</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">loop</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run_until_complete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">main</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="k">finally</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_event_loop</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">loop</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The actual implementation is significantly more complex. Thus,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.run" title="asyncio.run"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.run()</span></code></a> should be the preferred way of running asyncio programs.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Yury Selivanov in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32314">bpo-32314</a>.)</p>
<p>Running <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python</span> <span class="pre">-m</span> <span class="pre">asyncio</span></code> launches a natively async REPL.  This allows rapid
experimentation with code that has a top-level <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/expressions.html#await"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">await</span></code></a>.  There is no
longer a need to directly call <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.run()</span></code> which would spawn a new event
loop on every invocation:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ python -m asyncio
asyncio REPL 3.8.0
Use &quot;await&quot; directly instead of &quot;asyncio.run()&quot;.
Type &quot;help&quot;, &quot;copyright&quot;, &quot;credits&quot; or &quot;license&quot; for more information.
&gt;&gt;&gt; import asyncio
&gt;&gt;&gt; await asyncio.sleep(10, result=&#39;hello&#39;)
hello
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Yury Selivanov in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37028">bpo-37028</a>.)</p>
<p>The exception <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-exceptions.html#asyncio.CancelledError" title="asyncio.CancelledError"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.CancelledError</span></code></a> now inherits from
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#BaseException" title="BaseException"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BaseException</span></code></a> rather than <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#Exception" title="Exception"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Exception</span></code></a> and no longer inherits
from <a class="reference internal" href="../library/concurrent.futures.html#concurrent.futures.CancelledError" title="concurrent.futures.CancelledError"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">concurrent.futures.CancelledError</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Yury Selivanov in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32528">bpo-32528</a>.)</p>
<p>On Windows, the default event loop is now <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.ProactorEventLoop" title="asyncio.ProactorEventLoop"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ProactorEventLoop</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34687">bpo-34687</a>.)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.ProactorEventLoop" title="asyncio.ProactorEventLoop"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ProactorEventLoop</span></code></a> now also supports UDP.
(Contributed by Adam Meily and Andrew Svetlov in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue29883">bpo-29883</a>.)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.ProactorEventLoop" title="asyncio.ProactorEventLoop"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ProactorEventLoop</span></code></a> can now be interrupted by
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#KeyboardInterrupt" title="KeyboardInterrupt"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyboardInterrupt</span></code></a> (“CTRL+C”).
(Contributed by Vladimir Matveev in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue23057">bpo-23057</a>.)</p>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Task.get_coro" title="asyncio.Task.get_coro"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.Task.get_coro()</span></code></a> for getting the wrapped coroutine
within an <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Task" title="asyncio.Task"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.Task</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Alex Grönholm in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36999">bpo-36999</a>.)</p>
<p>Asyncio tasks can now be named, either by passing the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name</span></code> keyword
argument to <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.create_task" title="asyncio.create_task"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.create_task()</span></code></a> or
the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.loop.create_task" title="asyncio.loop.create_task"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_task()</span></code></a> event loop method, or by
calling the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Task.set_name" title="asyncio.Task.set_name"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_name()</span></code></a> method on the task object. The
task name is visible in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr()</span></code> output of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Task" title="asyncio.Task"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.Task</span></code></a> and
can also be retrieved using the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Task.get_name" title="asyncio.Task.get_name"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_name()</span></code></a> method.
(Contributed by Alex Grönholm in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34270">bpo-34270</a>.)</p>
<p>Added support for
<a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Eyeballs">Happy Eyeballs</a> to
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.loop.create_connection" title="asyncio.loop.create_connection"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.loop.create_connection()</span></code></a>. To specify the behavior, two new
parameters have been added: <em>happy_eyeballs_delay</em> and <em>interleave</em>. The Happy
Eyeballs algorithm improves responsiveness in applications that support IPv4
and IPv6 by attempting to simultaneously connect using both.
(Contributed by twisteroid ambassador in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33530">bpo-33530</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="builtins">
<h3>builtins<a class="headerlink" href="#builtins" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#compile" title="compile"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compile()</span></code></a> built-in has been improved to accept the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ast.PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT</span></code> flag. With this new flag passed,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#compile" title="compile"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compile()</span></code></a> will allow top-level <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">await</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">async</span> <span class="pre">for</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">async</span> <span class="pre">with</span></code>
constructs that are usually considered invalid syntax. Asynchronous code object
marked with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CO_COROUTINE</span></code> flag may then be returned.
(Contributed by Matthias Bussonnier in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34616">bpo-34616</a>)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="collections">
<h3>collections<a class="headerlink" href="#collections" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/collections.html#collections.somenamedtuple._asdict" title="collections.somenamedtuple._asdict"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_asdict()</span></code></a> method for
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/collections.html#collections.namedtuple" title="collections.namedtuple"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">collections.namedtuple()</span></code></a> now returns a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="dict"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dict</span></code></a> instead of a
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/collections.html#collections.OrderedDict" title="collections.OrderedDict"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">collections.OrderedDict</span></code></a>. This works because regular dicts have
guaranteed ordering since Python 3.7. If the extra features of
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OrderedDict</span></code> are required, the suggested remediation is to cast the
result to the desired type: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OrderedDict(nt._asdict())</span></code>.
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35864">bpo-35864</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="cprofile">
<h3>cProfile<a class="headerlink" href="#cprofile" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/profile.html#profile.Profile" title="profile.Profile"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cProfile.Profile</span></code></a> class can now be used as a context manager.
Profile a block of code by running:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">cProfile</span>

<span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">cProfile</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Profile</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">profiler</span><span class="p">:</span>
      <span class="c1"># code to be profiled</span>
      <span class="o">...</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Scott Sanderson in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue29235">bpo-29235</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="csv">
<h3>csv<a class="headerlink" href="#csv" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/csv.html#csv.DictReader" title="csv.DictReader"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">csv.DictReader</span></code></a> now returns instances of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="dict"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dict</span></code></a> instead of
a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/collections.html#collections.OrderedDict" title="collections.OrderedDict"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">collections.OrderedDict</span></code></a>.  The tool is now faster and uses less
memory while still preserving the field order.
(Contributed by Michael Selik in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34003">bpo-34003</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="curses">
<h3>curses<a class="headerlink" href="#curses" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added a new variable holding structured version information for the
underlying ncurses library: <a class="reference internal" href="../library/curses.html#curses.ncurses_version" title="curses.ncurses_version"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ncurses_version</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue31680">bpo-31680</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="ctypes">
<h3>ctypes<a class="headerlink" href="#ctypes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>On Windows, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/ctypes.html#ctypes.CDLL" title="ctypes.CDLL"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CDLL</span></code></a> and subclasses now accept a <em>winmode</em> parameter
to specify flags for the underlying <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LoadLibraryEx</span></code> call. The default flags are
set to only load DLL dependencies from trusted locations, including the path
where the DLL is stored (if a full or partial path is used to load the initial
DLL) and paths added by <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.add_dll_directory" title="os.add_dll_directory"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_dll_directory()</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Steve Dower in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36085">bpo-36085</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="datetime">
<h3>datetime<a class="headerlink" href="#datetime" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added new alternate constructors <a class="reference internal" href="../library/datetime.html#datetime.date.fromisocalendar" title="datetime.date.fromisocalendar"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">datetime.date.fromisocalendar()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.fromisocalendar" title="datetime.datetime.fromisocalendar"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">datetime.datetime.fromisocalendar()</span></code></a>, which construct <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">date</span></code> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/datetime.html#module-datetime" title="datetime: Basic date and time types."><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">datetime</span></code></a> objects respectively from ISO year, week number, and weekday;
these are the inverse of each class’s <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">isocalendar</span></code> method.
(Contributed by Paul Ganssle in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36004">bpo-36004</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="functools">
<h3>functools<a class="headerlink" href="#functools" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/functools.html#functools.lru_cache" title="functools.lru_cache"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functools.lru_cache()</span></code></a> can now be used as a straight decorator rather
than as a function returning a decorator.  So both of these are now supported:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nd">@lru_cache</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">f</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="o">...</span>

<span class="nd">@lru_cache</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">maxsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">256</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">f</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="o">...</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36772">bpo-36772</a>.)</p>
<p>Added a new <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functools.html#functools.cached_property" title="functools.cached_property"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functools.cached_property()</span></code></a> decorator, for computed properties
cached for the life of the instance.</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">functools</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">statistics</span>

<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Dataset</span><span class="p">:</span>
   <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">sequence_of_numbers</span><span class="p">):</span>
      <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sequence_of_numbers</span>

   <span class="nd">@functools</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cached_property</span>
   <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">variance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
      <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">statistics</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">variance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Carl Meyer in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue21145">bpo-21145</a>)</p>
<p>Added a new <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functools.html#functools.singledispatchmethod" title="functools.singledispatchmethod"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functools.singledispatchmethod()</span></code></a> decorator that converts
methods into <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-generic-function"><span class="xref std std-term">generic functions</span></a> using
<a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-single-dispatch"><span class="xref std std-term">single dispatch</span></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">functools</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">singledispatchmethod</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">contextlib</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">suppress</span>

<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">TaskManager</span><span class="p">:</span>

    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">tasks</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">tasks</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">tasks</span><span class="p">)</span>

    <span class="nd">@singledispatchmethod</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">discard</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">value</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">suppress</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="ne">ValueError</span><span class="p">):</span>
            <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">tasks</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">remove</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">)</span>

    <span class="nd">@discard</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">tasks</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="n">targets</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">tasks</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">tasks</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">x</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">tasks</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">targets</span><span class="p">]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Ethan Smith in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32380">bpo-32380</a>)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="gc">
<h3>gc<a class="headerlink" href="#gc" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/gc.html#gc.get_objects" title="gc.get_objects"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_objects()</span></code></a> can now receive an optional <em>generation</em> parameter
indicating a generation to get objects from.
(Contributed by Pablo Galindo in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36016">bpo-36016</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="gettext">
<h3>gettext<a class="headerlink" href="#gettext" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#gettext.pgettext" title="gettext.pgettext"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pgettext()</span></code></a> and its variants.
(Contributed by Franz Glasner, Éric Araujo, and Cheryl Sabella in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue2504">bpo-2504</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="gzip">
<h3>gzip<a class="headerlink" href="#gzip" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added the <em>mtime</em> parameter to <a class="reference internal" href="../library/gzip.html#gzip.compress" title="gzip.compress"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gzip.compress()</span></code></a> for reproducible output.
(Contributed by Guo Ci Teo in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34898">bpo-34898</a>.)</p>
<p>A <a class="reference internal" href="../library/gzip.html#gzip.BadGzipFile" title="gzip.BadGzipFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BadGzipFile</span></code></a> exception is now raised instead of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OSError" title="OSError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OSError</span></code></a>
for certain types of invalid or corrupt gzip files.
(Contributed by Filip Gruszczyński, Michele Orrù, and Zackery Spytz in
<a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue6584">bpo-6584</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="idle-and-idlelib">
<h3>IDLE and idlelib<a class="headerlink" href="#idle-and-idlelib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Output over N lines (50 by default) is squeezed down to a button.
N can be changed in the PyShell section of the General page of the
Settings dialog.  Fewer, but possibly extra long, lines can be squeezed by
right clicking on the output.  Squeezed output can be expanded in place
by double-clicking the button or into the clipboard or a separate window
by right-clicking the button.  (Contributed by Tal Einat in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue1529353">bpo-1529353</a>.)</p>
<p>Add “Run Customized” to the Run menu to run a module with customized
settings. Any command line arguments entered are added to sys.argv.
They also re-appear in the box for the next customized run.  One can also
suppress the normal Shell main module restart.  (Contributed by Cheryl
Sabella, Terry Jan Reedy, and others in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue5680">bpo-5680</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37627">bpo-37627</a>.)</p>
<p>Added optional line numbers for IDLE editor windows. Windows
open without line numbers unless set otherwise in the General
tab of the configuration dialog.  Line numbers for an existing
window are shown and hidden in the Options menu.
(Contributed by Tal Einat and Saimadhav Heblikar in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue17535">bpo-17535</a>.)</p>
<p>OS native encoding is now used for converting between Python strings and Tcl
objects. This allows IDLE to work with emoji and other non-BMP characters.
These characters can be displayed or copied and pasted to or from the
clipboard.  Converting strings from Tcl to Python and back now never fails.
(Many people worked on this for eight years but the problem was finally
solved by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue13153">bpo-13153</a>.)</p>
<p>New in 3.8.1:</p>
<p>Add option to toggle cursor blink off.  (Contributed by Zackery Spytz
in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue4603">bpo-4603</a>.)</p>
<p>Escape key now closes IDLE completion windows.  (Contributed by Johnny
Najera in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue38944">bpo-38944</a>.)</p>
<p>The changes above have been backported to 3.7 maintenance releases.</p>
<p>Add keywords to module name completion list.  (Contributed by Terry J.
Reedy in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37765">bpo-37765</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="inspect">
<h3>inspect<a class="headerlink" href="#inspect" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/inspect.html#inspect.getdoc" title="inspect.getdoc"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">inspect.getdoc()</span></code></a> function can now find docstrings for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__slots__</span></code>
if that attribute is a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="dict"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dict</span></code></a> where the values are docstrings.
This provides documentation options similar to what we already have
for <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#property" title="property"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">property()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#classmethod" title="classmethod"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">classmethod()</span></code></a>, and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#staticmethod" title="staticmethod"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">staticmethod()</span></code></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">AudioClip</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="vm">__slots__</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="s1">&#39;bit_rate&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">&#39;expressed in kilohertz to one decimal place&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
                 <span class="s1">&#39;duration&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">&#39;in seconds, rounded up to an integer&#39;</span><span class="p">}</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">bit_rate</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">duration</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">bit_rate</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">round</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bit_rate</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="mf">1000.0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">duration</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">ceil</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">duration</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36326">bpo-36326</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="io">
<h3>io<a class="headerlink" href="#io" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>In development mode (<a class="reference internal" href="../using/cmdline.html#id5"><code class="xref std std-option docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-X</span></code></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">env</span></code>) and in debug build, the
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/io.html#io.IOBase" title="io.IOBase"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">io.IOBase</span></code></a> finalizer now logs the exception if the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">close()</span></code> method
fails. The exception is ignored silently by default in release build.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue18748">bpo-18748</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="itertools">
<h3>itertools<a class="headerlink" href="#itertools" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/itertools.html#itertools.accumulate" title="itertools.accumulate"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">itertools.accumulate()</span></code></a> function added an option <em>initial</em> keyword
argument to specify an initial value:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">itertools</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">accumulate</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">accumulate</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">15</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">initial</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="go">[1000, 1010, 1015, 1045, 1060]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Lisa Roach in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34659">bpo-34659</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="json-tool">
<h3>json.tool<a class="headerlink" href="#json-tool" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Add option <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">--json-lines</span></code> to parse every input line as a separate JSON object.
(Contributed by Weipeng Hong in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue31553">bpo-31553</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="logging">
<h3>logging<a class="headerlink" href="#logging" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added a <em>force</em> keyword argument to <a class="reference internal" href="../library/logging.html#logging.basicConfig" title="logging.basicConfig"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">logging.basicConfig()</span></code></a>
When set to true, any existing handlers attached
to the root logger are removed and closed before carrying out the
configuration specified by the other arguments.</p>
<p>This solves a long-standing problem.  Once a logger or <em>basicConfig()</em> had
been called, subsequent calls to <em>basicConfig()</em> were silently ignored.
This made it difficult to update, experiment with, or teach the various
logging configuration options using the interactive prompt or a Jupyter
notebook.</p>
<p>(Suggested by Raymond Hettinger, implemented by Dong-hee Na, and
reviewed by Vinay Sajip in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33897">bpo-33897</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="math">
<h3>math<a class="headerlink" href="#math" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added new function <a class="reference internal" href="../library/math.html#math.dist" title="math.dist"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">math.dist()</span></code></a> for computing Euclidean distance
between two points.  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33089">bpo-33089</a>.)</p>
<p>Expanded the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/math.html#math.hypot" title="math.hypot"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">math.hypot()</span></code></a> function to handle multiple dimensions.
Formerly, it only supported the 2-D case.
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33089">bpo-33089</a>.)</p>
<p>Added new function, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/math.html#math.prod" title="math.prod"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">math.prod()</span></code></a>, as analogous function to <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#sum" title="sum"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sum()</span></code></a>
that returns the product of a ‘start’ value (default: 1) times an iterable of
numbers:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">prior</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">0.8</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">likelihoods</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mf">0.625</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.84</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.30</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">math</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">prod</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">likelihoods</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">start</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">prior</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">0.126</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Pablo Galindo in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35606">bpo-35606</a>.)</p>
<p>Added two new combinatoric functions <a class="reference internal" href="../library/math.html#math.perm" title="math.perm"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">math.perm()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/math.html#math.comb" title="math.comb"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">math.comb()</span></code></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">math</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">perm</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>    <span class="c1"># Permutations of 10 things taken 3 at a time</span>
<span class="go">720</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">math</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">comb</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>    <span class="c1"># Combinations of 10 things taken 3 at a time</span>
<span class="go">120</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Yash Aggarwal, Keller Fuchs, Serhiy Storchaka, and Raymond
Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37128">bpo-37128</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37178">bpo-37178</a>, and <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35431">bpo-35431</a>.)</p>
<p>Added a new function <a class="reference internal" href="../library/math.html#math.isqrt" title="math.isqrt"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">math.isqrt()</span></code></a> for computing accurate integer square
roots without conversion to floating point.  The new function supports
arbitrarily large integers.  It is faster than <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">floor(sqrt(n))</span></code> but slower
than <a class="reference internal" href="../library/math.html#math.sqrt" title="math.sqrt"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">math.sqrt()</span></code></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">r</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">650320427</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">r</span> <span class="o">**</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">isqrt</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>         <span class="c1"># correct</span>
<span class="go">650320426</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">floor</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sqrt</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">))</span>   <span class="c1"># incorrect</span>
<span class="go">650320427</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Mark Dickinson in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36887">bpo-36887</a>.)</p>
<p>The function <a class="reference internal" href="../library/math.html#math.factorial" title="math.factorial"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">math.factorial()</span></code></a> no longer accepts arguments that are not
int-like. (Contributed by Pablo Galindo in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33083">bpo-33083</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="mmap">
<h3>mmap<a class="headerlink" href="#mmap" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/mmap.html#mmap.mmap" title="mmap.mmap"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mmap.mmap</span></code></a> class now has an <a class="reference internal" href="../library/mmap.html#mmap.mmap.madvise" title="mmap.mmap.madvise"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">madvise()</span></code></a> method to
access the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">madvise()</span></code> system call.
(Contributed by Zackery Spytz in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32941">bpo-32941</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="multiprocessing">
<h3>multiprocessing<a class="headerlink" href="#multiprocessing" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added new <a class="reference internal" href="../library/multiprocessing.shared_memory.html#module-multiprocessing.shared_memory" title="multiprocessing.shared_memory: Provides shared memory for direct access across processes."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">multiprocessing.shared_memory</span></code></a> module.
(Contributed by Davin Potts in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35813">bpo-35813</a>.)</p>
<p>On macOS, the <em>spawn</em> start method is now used by default.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33725">bpo-33725</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="os">
<h3>os<a class="headerlink" href="#os" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added new function <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.add_dll_directory" title="os.add_dll_directory"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_dll_directory()</span></code></a> on Windows for providing
additional search paths for native dependencies when importing extension
modules or loading DLLs using <a class="reference internal" href="../library/ctypes.html#module-ctypes" title="ctypes: A foreign function library for Python."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ctypes</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Steve Dower in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36085">bpo-36085</a>.)</p>
<p>A new <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.memfd_create" title="os.memfd_create"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.memfd_create()</span></code></a> function was added to wrap the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memfd_create()</span></code> syscall.
(Contributed by Zackery Spytz and Christian Heimes in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue26836">bpo-26836</a>.)</p>
<p>On Windows, much of the manual logic for handling reparse points (including
symlinks and directory junctions) has been delegated to the operating system.
Specifically, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.stat" title="os.stat"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.stat()</span></code></a> will now traverse anything supported by the
operating system, while <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.lstat" title="os.lstat"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.lstat()</span></code></a> will only open reparse points that
identify as “name surrogates” while others are opened as for <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.stat" title="os.stat"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.stat()</span></code></a>.
In all cases, <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stat_result.st_mode</span></code> will only have <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">S_IFLNK</span></code> set for
symbolic links and not other kinds of reparse points. To identify other kinds
of reparse point, check the new <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stat_result.st_reparse_tag</span></code> attribute.</p>
<p>On Windows, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.readlink" title="os.readlink"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.readlink()</span></code></a> is now able to read directory junctions. Note
that <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.islink" title="os.path.islink"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">islink()</span></code></a> will return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> for directory junctions,
and so code that checks <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">islink</span></code> first will continue to treat junctions as
directories, while code that handles errors from <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.readlink" title="os.readlink"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.readlink()</span></code></a> may now
treat junctions as links.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Steve Dower in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37834">bpo-37834</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="os-path">
<h3>os.path<a class="headerlink" href="#os-path" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#module-os.path" title="os.path: Operations on pathnames."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.path</span></code></a> functions that return a boolean result like
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.exists" title="os.path.exists"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">exists()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.lexists" title="os.path.lexists"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lexists()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.isdir" title="os.path.isdir"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">isdir()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.isfile" title="os.path.isfile"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">isfile()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.islink" title="os.path.islink"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">islink()</span></code></a>, and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.ismount" title="os.path.ismount"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ismount()</span></code></a>
now return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> instead of raising <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> or its subclasses
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#UnicodeEncodeError" title="UnicodeEncodeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnicodeEncodeError</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#UnicodeDecodeError" title="UnicodeDecodeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnicodeDecodeError</span></code></a> for paths that contain
characters or bytes unrepresentable at the OS level.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33721">bpo-33721</a>.)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.expanduser" title="os.path.expanduser"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">expanduser()</span></code></a> on Windows now prefers the <span class="target" id="index-13"></span><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">USERPROFILE</span></code>
environment variable and does not use <span class="target" id="index-14"></span><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HOME</span></code>, which is not normally set
for regular user accounts.
(Contributed by Anthony Sottile in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36264">bpo-36264</a>.)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.isdir" title="os.path.isdir"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">isdir()</span></code></a> on Windows no longer returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> for a link to a
non-existent directory.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.realpath" title="os.path.realpath"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">realpath()</span></code></a> on Windows now resolves reparse points, including
symlinks and directory junctions.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Steve Dower in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37834">bpo-37834</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pathlib">
<h3>pathlib<a class="headerlink" href="#pathlib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path" title="pathlib.Path"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pathlib.Path</span></code></a> methods that return a boolean result like
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.exists" title="pathlib.Path.exists"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">exists()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.is_dir" title="pathlib.Path.is_dir"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_dir()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.is_file" title="pathlib.Path.is_file"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_file()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.is_mount" title="pathlib.Path.is_mount"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_mount()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.is_symlink" title="pathlib.Path.is_symlink"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_symlink()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.is_block_device" title="pathlib.Path.is_block_device"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_block_device()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.is_char_device" title="pathlib.Path.is_char_device"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_char_device()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.is_fifo" title="pathlib.Path.is_fifo"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_fifo()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.is_socket" title="pathlib.Path.is_socket"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_socket()</span></code></a> now return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> instead of raising
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> or its subclass <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#UnicodeEncodeError" title="UnicodeEncodeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnicodeEncodeError</span></code></a> for paths that
contain characters unrepresentable at the OS level.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33721">bpo-33721</a>.)</p>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.link_to" title="pathlib.Path.link_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pathlib.Path.link_to()</span></code></a> which creates a hard link pointing
to a path.
(Contributed by Joannah Nanjekye in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue26978">bpo-26978</a>)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pickle">
<h3>pickle<a class="headerlink" href="#pickle" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/pickle.html#module-pickle" title="pickle: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pickle</span></code></a> extensions subclassing the C-optimized <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pickle.html#pickle.Pickler" title="pickle.Pickler"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Pickler</span></code></a>
can now override the pickling logic of functions and classes by defining the
special <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pickle.html#pickle.Pickler.reducer_override" title="pickle.Pickler.reducer_override"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">reducer_override()</span></code></a> method.
(Contributed by Pierre Glaser and Olivier Grisel in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35900">bpo-35900</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="plistlib">
<h3>plistlib<a class="headerlink" href="#plistlib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added new <a class="reference internal" href="../library/plistlib.html#plistlib.UID" title="plistlib.UID"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">plistlib.UID</span></code></a> and enabled support for reading and writing
NSKeyedArchiver-encoded binary plists.
(Contributed by Jon Janzen in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue26707">bpo-26707</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pprint">
<h3>pprint<a class="headerlink" href="#pprint" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pprint.html#module-pprint" title="pprint: Data pretty printer."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pprint</span></code></a> module added a <em>sort_dicts</em> parameter to several functions.
By default, those functions continue to sort dictionaries before rendering or
printing.  However, if <em>sort_dicts</em> is set to false, the dictionaries retain
the order that keys were inserted.  This can be useful for comparison to JSON
inputs during debugging.</p>
<p>In addition, there is a convenience new function, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pprint.html#pprint.pp" title="pprint.pp"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pprint.pp()</span></code></a> that is
like <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pprint.html#pprint.pprint" title="pprint.pprint"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pprint.pprint()</span></code></a> but with <em>sort_dicts</em> defaulting to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pprint</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">pprint</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">pp</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">d</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">dict</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">source</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;input.txt&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">operation</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;filter&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">destination</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">&#39;output.txt&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">pp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">width</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">40</span><span class="p">)</span>                  <span class="c1"># Original order</span>
<span class="go">{&#39;source&#39;: &#39;input.txt&#39;,</span>
<span class="go"> &#39;operation&#39;: &#39;filter&#39;,</span>
<span class="go"> &#39;destination&#39;: &#39;output.txt&#39;}</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">pprint</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">width</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">40</span><span class="p">)</span>              <span class="c1"># Keys sorted alphabetically</span>
<span class="go">{&#39;destination&#39;: &#39;output.txt&#39;,</span>
<span class="go"> &#39;operation&#39;: &#39;filter&#39;,</span>
<span class="go"> &#39;source&#39;: &#39;input.txt&#39;}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Rémi Lapeyre in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue30670">bpo-30670</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="py-compile">
<h3>py_compile<a class="headerlink" href="#py-compile" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/py_compile.html#py_compile.compile" title="py_compile.compile"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">py_compile.compile()</span></code></a> now supports silent mode.
(Contributed by Joannah Nanjekye in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue22640">bpo-22640</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="shlex">
<h3>shlex<a class="headerlink" href="#shlex" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The new <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shlex.html#shlex.join" title="shlex.join"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shlex.join()</span></code></a> function acts as the inverse of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shlex.html#shlex.split" title="shlex.split"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shlex.split()</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Bo Bayles in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32102">bpo-32102</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="shutil">
<h3>shutil<a class="headerlink" href="#shutil" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree" title="shutil.copytree"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copytree()</span></code></a> now accepts a new <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dirs_exist_ok</span></code> keyword argument.
(Contributed by Josh Bronson in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue20849">bpo-20849</a>.)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.make_archive" title="shutil.make_archive"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.make_archive()</span></code></a> now defaults to the modern pax (POSIX.1-2001)
format for new archives to improve portability and standards conformance,
inherited from the corresponding change to the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/tarfile.html#module-tarfile" title="tarfile: Read and write tar-format archive files."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tarfile</span></code></a> module.
(Contributed by C.A.M. Gerlach in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue30661">bpo-30661</a>.)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.rmtree" title="shutil.rmtree"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.rmtree()</span></code></a> on Windows now removes directory junctions without
recursively removing their contents first.
(Contributed by Steve Dower in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37834">bpo-37834</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="socket">
<h3>socket<a class="headerlink" href="#socket" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/socket.html#socket.create_server" title="socket.create_server"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create_server()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/socket.html#socket.has_dualstack_ipv6" title="socket.has_dualstack_ipv6"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">has_dualstack_ipv6()</span></code></a>
convenience functions to automate the necessary tasks usually involved when
creating a server socket, including accepting both IPv4 and IPv6 connections
on the same socket.  (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue17561">bpo-17561</a>.)</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/socket.html#socket.if_nameindex" title="socket.if_nameindex"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">socket.if_nameindex()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/socket.html#socket.if_nametoindex" title="socket.if_nametoindex"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">socket.if_nametoindex()</span></code></a>, and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/socket.html#socket.if_indextoname" title="socket.if_indextoname"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">socket.if_indextoname()</span></code></a> functions have been implemented on Windows.
(Contributed by Zackery Spytz in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37007">bpo-37007</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="ssl">
<h3>ssl<a class="headerlink" href="#ssl" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext.post_handshake_auth" title="ssl.SSLContext.post_handshake_auth"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">post_handshake_auth</span></code></a> to enable and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/ssl.html#ssl.SSLSocket.verify_client_post_handshake" title="ssl.SSLSocket.verify_client_post_handshake"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">verify_client_post_handshake()</span></code></a> to initiate TLS 1.3
post-handshake authentication.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34670">bpo-34670</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="statistics">
<h3>statistics<a class="headerlink" href="#statistics" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/statistics.html#statistics.fmean" title="statistics.fmean"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">statistics.fmean()</span></code></a> as a faster, floating point variant of
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/statistics.html#statistics.mean" title="statistics.mean"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">statistics.mean()</span></code></a>.  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger and
Steven D’Aprano in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35904">bpo-35904</a>.)</p>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/statistics.html#statistics.geometric_mean" title="statistics.geometric_mean"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">statistics.geometric_mean()</span></code></a>
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue27181">bpo-27181</a>.)</p>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/statistics.html#statistics.multimode" title="statistics.multimode"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">statistics.multimode()</span></code></a> that returns a list of the most
common values. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35892">bpo-35892</a>.)</p>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/statistics.html#statistics.quantiles" title="statistics.quantiles"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">statistics.quantiles()</span></code></a> that divides data or a distribution
in to equiprobable intervals (e.g. quartiles, deciles, or percentiles).
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36546">bpo-36546</a>.)</p>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/statistics.html#statistics.NormalDist" title="statistics.NormalDist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">statistics.NormalDist</span></code></a>, a tool for creating
and manipulating normal distributions of a random variable.
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36018">bpo-36018</a>.)</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">temperature_feb</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">NormalDist</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">from_samples</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">12</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">14</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">temperature_feb</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">mean</span>
<span class="go">6.0</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">temperature_feb</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdev</span>
<span class="go">6.356099432828281</span>

<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">temperature_feb</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cdf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>            <span class="c1"># Chance of being under 3 degrees</span>
<span class="go">0.3184678262814532</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="c1"># Relative chance of being 7 degrees versus 10 degrees</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">temperature_feb</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">pdf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="n">temperature_feb</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">pdf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">1.2039930378537762</span>

<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">el_niño</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">NormalDist</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.5</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">temperature_feb</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="n">el_niño</span>        <span class="c1"># Add in a climate effect</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">temperature_feb</span>
<span class="go">NormalDist(mu=10.0, sigma=6.830080526611674)</span>

<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">temperature_feb</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">9</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">32</span>      <span class="c1"># Convert to Fahrenheit</span>
<span class="go">NormalDist(mu=50.0, sigma=12.294144947901014)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">temperature_feb</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">samples</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>        <span class="c1"># Generate random samples</span>
<span class="go">[7.672102882379219, 12.000027119750287, 4.647488369766392]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="sys">
<h3>sys<a class="headerlink" href="#sys" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Add new <a class="reference internal" href="../library/sys.html#sys.unraisablehook" title="sys.unraisablehook"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.unraisablehook()</span></code></a> function which can be overridden to control
how “unraisable exceptions” are handled. It is called when an exception has
occurred but there is no way for Python to handle it. For example, when a
destructor raises an exception or during garbage collection
(<a class="reference internal" href="../library/gc.html#gc.collect" title="gc.collect"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gc.collect()</span></code></a>).
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36829">bpo-36829</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="tarfile">
<h3>tarfile<a class="headerlink" href="#tarfile" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/tarfile.html#module-tarfile" title="tarfile: Read and write tar-format archive files."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tarfile</span></code></a> module now defaults to the modern pax (POSIX.1-2001)
format for new archives, instead of the previous GNU-specific one.
This improves cross-platform portability with a consistent encoding (UTF-8)
in a standardized and extensible format, and offers several other benefits.
(Contributed by C.A.M. Gerlach in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36268">bpo-36268</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="threading">
<h3>threading<a class="headerlink" href="#threading" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Add a new <a class="reference internal" href="../library/threading.html#threading.excepthook" title="threading.excepthook"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">threading.excepthook()</span></code></a> function which handles uncaught
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/threading.html#threading.Thread.run" title="threading.Thread.run"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">threading.Thread.run()</span></code></a> exception. It can be overridden to control how
uncaught <a class="reference internal" href="../library/threading.html#threading.Thread.run" title="threading.Thread.run"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">threading.Thread.run()</span></code></a> exceptions are handled.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue1230540">bpo-1230540</a>.)</p>
<p>Add a new <a class="reference internal" href="../library/threading.html#threading.get_native_id" title="threading.get_native_id"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">threading.get_native_id()</span></code></a> function and
a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/threading.html#threading.Thread.native_id" title="threading.Thread.native_id"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">native_id</span></code></a>
attribute to the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/threading.html#threading.Thread" title="threading.Thread"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">threading.Thread</span></code></a> class. These return the native
integral Thread ID of the current thread assigned by the kernel.
This feature is only available on certain platforms, see
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/threading.html#threading.get_native_id" title="threading.get_native_id"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_native_id</span></code></a> for more information.
(Contributed by Jake Tesler in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36084">bpo-36084</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="tokenize">
<h3>tokenize<a class="headerlink" href="#tokenize" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/tokenize.html#module-tokenize" title="tokenize: Lexical scanner for Python source code."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tokenize</span></code></a> module now implicitly emits a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NEWLINE</span></code> token when
provided with input that does not have a trailing new line.  This behavior
now matches what the C tokenizer does internally.
(Contributed by Ammar Askar in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33899">bpo-33899</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="tkinter">
<h3>tkinter<a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added methods <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">selection_from()</span></code>,
<code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">selection_present()</span></code>,
<code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">selection_range()</span></code> and
<code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">selection_to()</span></code>
in the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.Spinbox</span></code> class.
(Contributed by Juliette Monsel in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34829">bpo-34829</a>.)</p>
<p>Added method <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">moveto()</span></code>
in the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.Canvas</span></code> class.
(Contributed by Juliette Monsel in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue23831">bpo-23831</a>.)</p>
<p>The <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.PhotoImage</span></code> class now has
<code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">transparency_get()</span></code> and
<code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">transparency_set()</span></code> methods.  (Contributed by
Zackery Spytz in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue25451">bpo-25451</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="time">
<h3>time<a class="headerlink" href="#time" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added new clock <a class="reference internal" href="../library/time.html#time.CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW" title="time.CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW</span></code></a> for macOS 10.12.
(Contributed by Joannah Nanjekye in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35702">bpo-35702</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="typing">
<h3>typing<a class="headerlink" href="#typing" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#module-typing" title="typing: Support for type hints (see :pep:`484`)."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing</span></code></a> module incorporates several new features:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>A dictionary type with per-key types.  See <span class="target" id="index-15"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0589"><strong>PEP 589</strong></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.TypedDict" title="typing.TypedDict"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.TypedDict</span></code></a>.
TypedDict uses only string keys.  By default, every key is required
to be present. Specify “total=False” to allow keys to be optional:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Location</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypedDict</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">total</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">lat_long</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">tuple</span>
    <span class="n">grid_square</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">str</span>
    <span class="n">xy_coordinate</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">tuple</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Literal types.  See <span class="target" id="index-16"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0586"><strong>PEP 586</strong></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.Literal" title="typing.Literal"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.Literal</span></code></a>.
Literal types indicate that a parameter or return value
is constrained to one or more specific literal values:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">get_status</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">port</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="n">Literal</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;connected&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;disconnected&#39;</span><span class="p">]:</span>
    <span class="o">...</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>“Final” variables, functions, methods and classes.  See <span class="target" id="index-17"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0591"><strong>PEP 591</strong></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.Final" title="typing.Final"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.Final</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.final" title="typing.final"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.final()</span></code></a>.
The final qualifier instructs a static type checker to restrict
subclassing, overriding, or reassignment:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pi</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Final</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">float</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">3.1415926536</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Protocol definitions.  See <span class="target" id="index-18"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0544"><strong>PEP 544</strong></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.Protocol" title="typing.Protocol"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.Protocol</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.runtime_checkable" title="typing.runtime_checkable"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.runtime_checkable()</span></code></a>.  Simple ABCs like
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.SupportsInt" title="typing.SupportsInt"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.SupportsInt</span></code></a> are now <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Protocol</span></code> subclasses.</p></li>
<li><p>New protocol class <a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.SupportsIndex" title="typing.SupportsIndex"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.SupportsIndex</span></code></a>.</p></li>
<li><p>New functions <a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.get_origin" title="typing.get_origin"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.get_origin()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.get_args" title="typing.get_args"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.get_args()</span></code></a>.</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="unicodedata">
<h3>unicodedata<a class="headerlink" href="#unicodedata" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/unicodedata.html#module-unicodedata" title="unicodedata: Access the Unicode Database."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unicodedata</span></code></a> module has been upgraded to use the <a class="reference external" href="http://blog.unicode.org/2019/05/unicode-12-1-en.html">Unicode 12.1.0</a> release.</p>
<p>New function <a class="reference internal" href="../library/unicodedata.html#unicodedata.is_normalized" title="unicodedata.is_normalized"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_normalized()</span></code></a> can be used to verify a string
is in a specific normal form, often much faster than by actually normalizing
the string.  (Contributed by Max Belanger, David Euresti, and Greg Price in
<a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32285">bpo-32285</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37966">bpo-37966</a>).</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="unittest">
<h3>unittest<a class="headerlink" href="#unittest" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/unittest.mock.html#unittest.mock.AsyncMock" title="unittest.mock.AsyncMock"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AsyncMock</span></code></a> to support an asynchronous version of
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/unittest.mock.html#unittest.mock.Mock" title="unittest.mock.Mock"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Mock</span></code></a>.  Appropriate new assert functions for testing
have been added as well.
(Contributed by Lisa Roach in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue26467">bpo-26467</a>).</p>
<p>Added <a class="reference internal" href="../library/unittest.html#unittest.addModuleCleanup" title="unittest.addModuleCleanup"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">addModuleCleanup()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.addClassCleanup" title="unittest.TestCase.addClassCleanup"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">addClassCleanup()</span></code></a> to unittest to support
cleanups for <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">setUpModule()</span></code> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.setUpClass" title="unittest.TestCase.setUpClass"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">setUpClass()</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Lisa Roach in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue24412">bpo-24412</a>.)</p>
<p>Several mock assert functions now also print a list of actual calls upon
failure. (Contributed by Petter Strandmark in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35047">bpo-35047</a>.)</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/unittest.html#module-unittest" title="unittest: Unit testing framework for Python."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unittest</span></code></a> module gained support for coroutines to be used as test cases
with <a class="reference internal" href="../library/unittest.html#unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase" title="unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Andrew Svetlov in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32972">bpo-32972</a>.)</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">unittest</span>


<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">TestRequest</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">unittest</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">IsolatedAsyncioTestCase</span><span class="p">):</span>

    <span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">asyncSetUp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">connection</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">AsyncConnection</span><span class="p">()</span>

    <span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test_get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="n">response</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">connection</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;https://example.com&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">assertEqual</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">response</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">status_code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">200</span><span class="p">)</span>

    <span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">asyncTearDown</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">await</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">connection</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span>


<span class="k">if</span> <span class="vm">__name__</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s2">&quot;__main__&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="n">unittest</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">main</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="venv">
<h3>venv<a class="headerlink" href="#venv" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/venv.html#module-venv" title="venv: Creation of virtual environments."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">venv</span></code></a> now includes an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Activate.ps1</span></code> script on all platforms for
activating virtual environments under PowerShell Core 6.1.
(Contributed by Brett Cannon in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32718">bpo-32718</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="weakref">
<h3>weakref<a class="headerlink" href="#weakref" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The proxy objects returned by <a class="reference internal" href="../library/weakref.html#weakref.proxy" title="weakref.proxy"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">weakref.proxy()</span></code></a> now support the matrix
multiplication operators <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&#64;</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&#64;=</span></code> in addition to the other
numeric operators. (Contributed by Mark Dickinson in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36669">bpo-36669</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="xml">
<h3>xml<a class="headerlink" href="#xml" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>As mitigation against DTD and external entity retrieval, the
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.dom.minidom.html#module-xml.dom.minidom" title="xml.dom.minidom: Minimal Document Object Model (DOM) implementation."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.dom.minidom</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.sax.html#module-xml.sax" title="xml.sax: Package containing SAX2 base classes and convenience functions."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.sax</span></code></a> modules no longer process
external entities by default.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue17239">bpo-17239</a>.)</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.find*()</span></code> methods in the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#module-xml.etree.ElementTree" title="xml.etree.ElementTree: Implementation of the ElementTree API."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.etree.ElementTree</span></code></a> module
support wildcard searches like <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{*}tag</span></code> which ignores the namespace
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{namespace}*</span></code> which returns all tags in the given namespace.
(Contributed by Stefan Behnel in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue28238">bpo-28238</a>.)</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#module-xml.etree.ElementTree" title="xml.etree.ElementTree: Implementation of the ElementTree API."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.etree.ElementTree</span></code></a> module provides a new function
<code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">–xml.etree.ElementTree.canonicalize()</span></code> that implements C14N 2.0.
(Contributed by Stefan Behnel in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue13611">bpo-13611</a>.)</p>
<p>The target object of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser" title="xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser</span></code></a> can
receive namespace declaration events through the new callback methods
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">start_ns()</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">end_ns()</span></code>.  Additionally, the
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xml.etree.ElementTree.TreeBuilder" title="xml.etree.ElementTree.TreeBuilder"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.etree.ElementTree.TreeBuilder</span></code></a> target can be configured
to process events about comments and processing instructions to include
them in the generated tree.
(Contributed by Stefan Behnel in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36676">bpo-36676</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36673">bpo-36673</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="xmlrpc">
<h3>xmlrpc<a class="headerlink" href="#xmlrpc" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/xmlrpc.client.html#xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy" title="xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy</span></code></a> now supports an optional <em>headers</em> keyword
argument for a sequence of HTTP headers to be sent with each request.  Among
other things, this makes it possible to upgrade from default basic
authentication to faster session authentication.
(Contributed by Cédric Krier in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35153">bpo-35153</a>.)</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="optimizations">
<h2>Optimizations<a class="headerlink" href="#optimizations" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/subprocess.html#module-subprocess" title="subprocess: Subprocess management."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess</span></code></a> module can now use the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.posix_spawn" title="os.posix_spawn"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.posix_spawn()</span></code></a> function
in some cases for better performance. Currently, it is only used on macOS
and Linux (using glibc 2.24 or newer) if all these conditions are met:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><em>close_fds</em> is false;</p></li>
<li><p><em>preexec_fn</em>, <em>pass_fds</em>, <em>cwd</em> and <em>start_new_session</em> parameters
are not set;</p></li>
<li><p>the <em>executable</em> path contains a directory.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>(Contributed by Joannah Nanjekye and Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35537">bpo-35537</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copyfile" title="shutil.copyfile"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copyfile()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copy" title="shutil.copy"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copy()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copy2" title="shutil.copy2"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copy2()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree" title="shutil.copytree"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copytree()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.move" title="shutil.move"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.move()</span></code></a> use platform-specific
“fast-copy” syscalls on Linux and macOS in order to copy the file
more efficiently.
“fast-copy” means that the copying operation occurs within the kernel,
avoiding the use of userspace buffers in Python as in
“<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">outfd.write(infd.read())</span></code>”.
On Windows <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copyfile" title="shutil.copyfile"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copyfile()</span></code></a> uses a bigger default buffer size (1 MiB
instead of 16 KiB) and a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#memoryview" title="memoryview"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memoryview()</span></code></a>-based variant of
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copyfileobj" title="shutil.copyfileobj"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copyfileobj()</span></code></a> is used.
The speedup for copying a 512 MiB file within the same partition is about
+26% on Linux, +50% on macOS and +40% on Windows. Also, much less CPU cycles
are consumed.
See <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil-platform-dependent-efficient-copy-operations"><span class="std std-ref">Platform-dependent efficient copy operations</span></a> section.
(Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33671">bpo-33671</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree" title="shutil.copytree"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copytree()</span></code></a> uses <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.scandir" title="os.scandir"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.scandir()</span></code></a> function and all copy
functions depending from it use cached <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.stat" title="os.stat"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.stat()</span></code></a> values. The speedup
for copying a directory with 8000 files is around +9% on Linux, +20% on
Windows and +30% on a Windows SMB share. Also the number of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.stat" title="os.stat"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.stat()</span></code></a>
syscalls is reduced by 38% making <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree" title="shutil.copytree"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copytree()</span></code></a> especially faster
on network filesystems. (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33695">bpo-33695</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The default protocol in the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/pickle.html#module-pickle" title="pickle: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pickle</span></code></a> module is now Protocol 4,
first introduced in Python 3.4.  It offers better performance and smaller
size compared to Protocol 3 available since Python 3.0.</p></li>
<li><p>Removed one <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></code> member from <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyGC_Head</span></code>.  All GC tracked
objects (e.g. tuple, list, dict) size is reduced 4 or 8 bytes.
(Contributed by Inada Naoki in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33597">bpo-33597</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/uuid.html#uuid.UUID" title="uuid.UUID"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">uuid.UUID</span></code></a> now uses <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__slots__</span></code> to reduce its memory footprint.
(Contributed by Wouter Bolsterlee and Tal Einat in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue30977">bpo-30977</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Improved performance of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/operator.html#operator.itemgetter" title="operator.itemgetter"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">operator.itemgetter()</span></code></a> by 33%.  Optimized
argument handling and added a fast path for the common case of a single
non-negative integer index into a tuple (which is the typical use case in
the standard library).  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in
<a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35664">bpo-35664</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Sped-up field lookups in <a class="reference internal" href="../library/collections.html#collections.namedtuple" title="collections.namedtuple"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">collections.namedtuple()</span></code></a>.  They are now more
than two times faster, making them the fastest form of instance variable
lookup in Python. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger, Pablo Galindo, and
Joe Jevnik, Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32492">bpo-32492</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#list" title="list"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code></a> constructor does not overallocate the internal item buffer
if the input iterable has a known length (the input implements <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__len__</span></code>).
This makes the created list 12% smaller on average. (Contributed by
Raymond Hettinger and Pablo Galindo in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33234">bpo-33234</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Doubled the speed of class variable writes.  When a non-dunder attribute
was updated, there was an unnecessary call to update slots.
(Contributed by Stefan Behnel, Pablo Galindo Salgado, Raymond Hettinger,
Neil Schemenauer, and Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36012">bpo-36012</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Reduced an overhead of converting arguments passed to many builtin functions
and methods.  This sped up calling some simple builtin functions and
methods up to 20–50%.  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue23867">bpo-23867</a>,
<a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35582">bpo-35582</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36127">bpo-36127</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LOAD_GLOBAL</span></code> instruction now uses new “per opcode cache” mechanism.
It is about 40% faster now.  (Contributed by Yury Selivanov and Inada Naoki in
<a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue26219">bpo-26219</a>.)</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="build-and-c-api-changes">
<h2>Build and C API Changes<a class="headerlink" href="#build-and-c-api-changes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Default <a class="reference internal" href="../library/sys.html#sys.abiflags" title="sys.abiflags"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.abiflags</span></code></a> became an empty string: the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">m</span></code> flag for
pymalloc became useless (builds with and without pymalloc are ABI compatible)
and so has been removed. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36707">bpo-36707</a>.)</p>
<p>Example of changes:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Only <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python3.8</span></code> program is installed, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python3.8m</span></code> program is gone.</p></li>
<li><p>Only <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python3.8-config</span></code> script is installed, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python3.8m-config</span></code> script
is gone.</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">m</span></code> flag has been removed from the suffix of dynamic library
filenames: extension modules in the standard library as well as those
produced and installed by third-party packages, like those downloaded from
PyPI. On Linux, for example, the Python 3.7 suffix
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so</span></code> became
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so</span></code> in Python 3.8.</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>The header files have been reorganized to better separate the different kinds
of APIs:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Include/*.h</span></code> should be the portable public stable C API.</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Include/cpython/*.h</span></code> should be the unstable C API specific to CPython;
public API, with some private API prefixed by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_Py</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_PY</span></code>.</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Include/internal/*.h</span></code> is the private internal C API very specific to
CPython. This API comes with no backward compatibility warranty and should
not be used outside CPython. It is only exposed for very specific needs
like debuggers and profiles which has to access to CPython internals
without calling functions. This API is now installed by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">install</span></code>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35134">bpo-35134</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35081">bpo-35081</a>,
work initiated by Eric Snow in Python 3.7.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Some macros have been converted to static inline functions: parameter types
and return type are well defined, they don’t have issues specific to macros,
variables have a local scopes. Examples:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/refcounting.html#c.Py_INCREF" title="Py_INCREF"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_INCREF()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/refcounting.html#c.Py_DECREF" title="Py_DECREF"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_DECREF()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/refcounting.html#c.Py_XINCREF" title="Py_XINCREF"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_XINCREF()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/refcounting.html#c.Py_XDECREF" title="Py_XDECREF"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_XDECREF()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_INIT()</span></code>, <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_INIT_VAR()</span></code></p></li>
<li><p>Private functions: <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_PyObject_GC_TRACK()</span></code>,
<code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_PyObject_GC_UNTRACK()</span></code>, <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_Py_Dealloc()</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
<p>(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35059">bpo-35059</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>The <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyByteArray_Init()</span></code> and <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyByteArray_Fini()</span></code> functions have
been removed. They did nothing since Python 2.7.4 and Python 3.2.0, were
excluded from the limited API (stable ABI), and were not documented.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35713">bpo-35713</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The result of <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyExceptionClass_Name()</span></code> is now of type
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></code> rather of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></code>.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33818">bpo-33818</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The duality of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Modules/Setup.dist</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Modules/Setup</span></code> has been
removed.  Previously, when updating the CPython source tree, one had
to manually copy <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Modules/Setup.dist</span></code> (inside the source tree) to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Modules/Setup</span></code> (inside the build tree) in order to reflect any changes
upstream.  This was of a small benefit to packagers at the expense of
a frequent annoyance to developers following CPython development, as
forgetting to copy the file could produce build failures.</p>
<p>Now the build system always reads from <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Modules/Setup</span></code> inside the source
tree.  People who want to customize that file are encouraged to maintain
their changes in a git fork of CPython or as patch files, as they would do
for any other change to the source tree.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32430">bpo-32430</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Functions that convert Python number to C integer like
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/long.html#c.PyLong_AsLong" title="PyLong_AsLong"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLong()</span></code></a> and argument parsing functions like
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/arg.html#c.PyArg_ParseTuple" title="PyArg_ParseTuple"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyArg_ParseTuple()</span></code></a> with integer converting format units like <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'i'</span></code>
will now use the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> special method instead of
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__int__" title="object.__int__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code></a>, if available.  The deprecation warning will be
emitted for objects with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code> method but without the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> method (like <a class="reference internal" href="../library/decimal.html#decimal.Decimal" title="decimal.Decimal"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Decimal</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/fractions.html#fractions.Fraction" title="fractions.Fraction"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Fraction</span></code></a>).  <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/number.html#c.PyNumber_Check" title="PyNumber_Check"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyNumber_Check()</span></code></a> will now return
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> for objects implementing <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code>.
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/number.html#c.PyNumber_Long" title="PyNumber_Long"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyNumber_Long()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/number.html#c.PyNumber_Float" title="PyNumber_Float"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyNumber_Float()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/float.html#c.PyFloat_AsDouble" title="PyFloat_AsDouble"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyFloat_AsDouble()</span></code></a> also now use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> method if
available.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36048">bpo-36048</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue20092">bpo-20092</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Heap-allocated type objects will now increase their reference count
in <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/allocation.html#c.PyObject_Init" title="PyObject_Init"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_Init()</span></code></a> (and its parallel macro <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_INIT</span></code>)
instead of in <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/type.html#c.PyType_GenericAlloc" title="PyType_GenericAlloc"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyType_GenericAlloc()</span></code></a>. Types that modify instance
allocation or deallocation may need to be adjusted.
(Contributed by Eddie Elizondo in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35810">bpo-35810</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The new function <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/code.html#c.PyCode_NewWithPosOnlyArgs" title="PyCode_NewWithPosOnlyArgs"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyCode_NewWithPosOnlyArgs()</span></code></a> allows to create
code objects like <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/code.html#c.PyCode_New" title="PyCode_New"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyCode_New()</span></code></a>, but with an extra <em>posonlyargcount</em>
parameter for indicating the number of positional-only arguments.
(Contributed by Pablo Galindo in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37221">bpo-37221</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init.html#c.Py_SetPath" title="Py_SetPath"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_SetPath()</span></code></a> now sets <a class="reference internal" href="../library/sys.html#sys.executable" title="sys.executable"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.executable</span></code></a> to the program full
path (<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init.html#c.Py_GetProgramFullPath" title="Py_GetProgramFullPath"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_GetProgramFullPath()</span></code></a>) rather than to the program name
(<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init.html#c.Py_GetProgramName" title="Py_GetProgramName"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_GetProgramName()</span></code></a>).
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue38234">bpo-38234</a>.)</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="deprecated">
<h2>Deprecated<a class="headerlink" href="#deprecated" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>The distutils <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bdist_wininst</span></code> command is now deprecated, use
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bdist_wheel</span></code> (wheel packages) instead.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37481">bpo-37481</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Deprecated methods <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">getchildren()</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">getiterator()</span></code> in
the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#module-xml.etree.ElementTree" title="xml.etree.ElementTree: Implementation of the ElementTree API."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ElementTree</span></code></a> module now emit a
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#DeprecationWarning" title="DeprecationWarning"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DeprecationWarning</span></code></a> instead of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#PendingDeprecationWarning" title="PendingDeprecationWarning"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PendingDeprecationWarning</span></code></a>.
They will be removed in Python 3.9.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue29209">bpo-29209</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Passing an object that is not an instance of
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/concurrent.futures.html#concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor" title="concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor</span></code></a> to
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.loop.set_default_executor" title="asyncio.loop.set_default_executor"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">loop.set_default_executor()</span></code></a> is
deprecated and will be prohibited in Python 3.9.
(Contributed by Elvis Pranskevichus in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34075">bpo-34075</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__getitem__" title="object.__getitem__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__getitem__()</span></code></a> methods of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.dom.pulldom.html#xml.dom.pulldom.DOMEventStream" title="xml.dom.pulldom.DOMEventStream"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.dom.pulldom.DOMEventStream</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/wsgiref.html#wsgiref.util.FileWrapper" title="wsgiref.util.FileWrapper"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wsgiref.util.FileWrapper</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/fileinput.html#fileinput.FileInput" title="fileinput.FileInput"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fileinput.FileInput</span></code></a> have been
deprecated.</p>
<p>Implementations of these methods have been ignoring their <em>index</em> parameter,
and returning the next item instead.
(Contributed by Berker Peksag in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue9372">bpo-9372</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/typing.html#typing.NamedTuple" title="typing.NamedTuple"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">typing.NamedTuple</span></code></a> class has deprecated the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_field_types</span></code>
attribute in favor of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__annotations__</span></code> attribute which has the same
information. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36320">bpo-36320</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/ast.html#module-ast" title="ast: Abstract Syntax Tree classes and manipulation."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ast</span></code></a> classes <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Num</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Str</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Bytes</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NameConstant</span></code> and
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Ellipsis</span></code> are considered deprecated and will be removed in future Python
versions. <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Constant</span></code> should be used instead.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32892">bpo-32892</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/ast.html#ast.NodeVisitor" title="ast.NodeVisitor"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ast.NodeVisitor</span></code></a> methods <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">visit_Num()</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">visit_Str()</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">visit_Bytes()</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">visit_NameConstant()</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">visit_Ellipsis()</span></code> are
deprecated now and will not be called in future Python versions.
Add the <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">visit_Constant()</span></code> method to handle all
constant nodes.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36917">bpo-36917</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.coroutine" title="asyncio.coroutine"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.coroutine()</span></code></a> <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-decorator"><span class="xref std std-term">decorator</span></a> is deprecated and will be
removed in version 3.10.  Instead of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&#64;asyncio.coroutine</span></code>, use
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#async-def"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">async</span> <span class="pre">def</span></code></a> instead.
(Contributed by Andrew Svetlov in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36921">bpo-36921</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>In <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio.html#module-asyncio" title="asyncio: Asynchronous I/O."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio</span></code></a>, the explicit passing of a <em>loop</em> argument has been
deprecated and will be removed in version 3.10 for the following:
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.sleep" title="asyncio.sleep"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.sleep()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.gather" title="asyncio.gather"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.gather()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.shield" title="asyncio.shield"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.shield()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.wait_for" title="asyncio.wait_for"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.wait_for()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.wait" title="asyncio.wait"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.wait()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.as_completed" title="asyncio.as_completed"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.as_completed()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Task" title="asyncio.Task"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.Task</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-sync.html#asyncio.Lock" title="asyncio.Lock"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.Lock</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-sync.html#asyncio.Event" title="asyncio.Event"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.Event</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-sync.html#asyncio.Condition" title="asyncio.Condition"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.Condition</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-sync.html#asyncio.Semaphore" title="asyncio.Semaphore"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.Semaphore</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-sync.html#asyncio.BoundedSemaphore" title="asyncio.BoundedSemaphore"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.BoundedSemaphore</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-queue.html#asyncio.Queue" title="asyncio.Queue"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.Queue</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-subprocess.html#asyncio.create_subprocess_exec" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_exec"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.create_subprocess_exec()</span></code></a>, and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-subprocess.html#asyncio.create_subprocess_shell" title="asyncio.create_subprocess_shell"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.create_subprocess_shell()</span></code></a>.</p></li>
<li><p>The explicit passing of coroutine objects to <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.wait" title="asyncio.wait"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.wait()</span></code></a> has been
deprecated and will be removed in version 3.11.
(Contributed by Yury Selivanov in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34790">bpo-34790</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The following functions and methods are deprecated in the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#module-gettext" title="gettext: Multilingual internationalization services."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gettext</span></code></a>
module: <a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#gettext.lgettext" title="gettext.lgettext"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lgettext()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#gettext.ldgettext" title="gettext.ldgettext"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ldgettext()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#gettext.lngettext" title="gettext.lngettext"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lngettext()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#gettext.ldngettext" title="gettext.ldngettext"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ldngettext()</span></code></a>.
They return encoded bytes, and it’s possible that you will get unexpected
Unicode-related exceptions if there are encoding problems with the
translated strings. It’s much better to use alternatives which return
Unicode strings in Python 3. These functions have been broken for a long time.</p>
<p>Function <a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#gettext.bind_textdomain_codeset" title="gettext.bind_textdomain_codeset"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bind_textdomain_codeset()</span></code></a>, methods
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#gettext.NullTranslations.output_charset" title="gettext.NullTranslations.output_charset"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">output_charset()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#gettext.NullTranslations.set_output_charset" title="gettext.NullTranslations.set_output_charset"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_output_charset()</span></code></a>, and the <em>codeset</em>
parameter of functions <a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#gettext.translation" title="gettext.translation"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">translation()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/gettext.html#gettext.install" title="gettext.install"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">install()</span></code></a> are also deprecated, since they are only used for
the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">l*gettext()</span></code> functions.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33710">bpo-33710</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>The <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">isAlive()</span></code> method of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/threading.html#threading.Thread" title="threading.Thread"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">threading.Thread</span></code></a>
has been deprecated.
(Contributed by Dong-hee Na in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35283">bpo-35283</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Many builtin and extension functions that take integer arguments will
now emit a deprecation warning for <a class="reference internal" href="../library/decimal.html#decimal.Decimal" title="decimal.Decimal"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Decimal</span></code></a>s,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/fractions.html#fractions.Fraction" title="fractions.Fraction"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Fraction</span></code></a>s and any other objects that can be converted
to integers only with a loss (e.g. that have the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__int__" title="object.__int__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code></a>
method but do not have the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> method).  In future
version they will be errors.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36048">bpo-36048</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Deprecated passing the following arguments as keyword arguments:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><em>func</em> in <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functools.html#functools.partialmethod" title="functools.partialmethod"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functools.partialmethod()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/weakref.html#weakref.finalize" title="weakref.finalize"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">weakref.finalize()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/profile.html#profile.Profile.runcall" title="profile.Profile.runcall"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">profile.Profile.runcall()</span></code></a>, <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cProfile.Profile.runcall()</span></code>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/bdb.html#bdb.Bdb.runcall" title="bdb.Bdb.runcall"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bdb.Bdb.runcall()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/trace.html#trace.Trace.runfunc" title="trace.Trace.runfunc"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">trace.Trace.runfunc()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/curses.html#curses.wrapper" title="curses.wrapper"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">curses.wrapper()</span></code></a>.</p></li>
<li><p><em>function</em> in <a class="reference internal" href="../library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.addCleanup" title="unittest.TestCase.addCleanup"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unittest.TestCase.addCleanup()</span></code></a>.</p></li>
<li><p><em>fn</em> in the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/concurrent.futures.html#concurrent.futures.Executor.submit" title="concurrent.futures.Executor.submit"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">submit()</span></code></a> method of
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/concurrent.futures.html#concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor" title="concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/concurrent.futures.html#concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor" title="concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor</span></code></a>.</p></li>
<li><p><em>callback</em> in <a class="reference internal" href="../library/contextlib.html#contextlib.ExitStack.callback" title="contextlib.ExitStack.callback"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">contextlib.ExitStack.callback()</span></code></a>,
<code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">contextlib.AsyncExitStack.callback()</span></code> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/contextlib.html#contextlib.AsyncExitStack.push_async_callback" title="contextlib.AsyncExitStack.push_async_callback"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">contextlib.AsyncExitStack.push_async_callback()</span></code></a>.</p></li>
<li><p><em>c</em> and <em>typeid</em> in the <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">create()</span></code>
method of <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">multiprocessing.managers.Server</span></code> and
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">multiprocessing.managers.SharedMemoryServer</span></code>.</p></li>
<li><p><em>obj</em> in <a class="reference internal" href="../library/weakref.html#weakref.finalize" title="weakref.finalize"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">weakref.finalize()</span></code></a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>In future releases of Python, they will be <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#positional-only-parameter"><span class="std std-ref">positional-only</span></a>.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36492">bpo-36492</a>.)</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="api-and-feature-removals">
<h2>API and Feature Removals<a class="headerlink" href="#api-and-feature-removals" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The following features and APIs have been removed from Python 3.8:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Starting with Python 3.3, importing ABCs from <a class="reference internal" href="../library/collections.html#module-collections" title="collections: Container datatypes"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">collections</span></code></a> was
deprecated, and importing should be done from <a class="reference internal" href="../library/collections.abc.html#module-collections.abc" title="collections.abc: Abstract base classes for containers"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">collections.abc</span></code></a>. Being
able to import from collections was marked for removal in 3.8, but has been
delayed to 3.9. (See <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36952">bpo-36952</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">macpath</span></code> module, deprecated in Python 3.7, has been removed.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35471">bpo-35471</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The function <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">platform.popen()</span></code> has been removed, after having been
deprecated since Python 3.3: use <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.popen" title="os.popen"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.popen()</span></code></a> instead.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35345">bpo-35345</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The function <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time.clock()</span></code> has been removed, after having been
deprecated since Python 3.3: use <a class="reference internal" href="../library/time.html#time.perf_counter" title="time.perf_counter"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time.perf_counter()</span></code></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/time.html#time.process_time" title="time.process_time"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time.process_time()</span></code></a> instead, depending
on your requirements, to have well-defined behavior.
(Contributed by Matthias Bussonnier in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36895">bpo-36895</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pyvenv</span></code> script has been removed in favor of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python3.8</span> <span class="pre">-m</span> <span class="pre">venv</span></code>
to help eliminate confusion as to what Python interpreter the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pyvenv</span></code>
script is tied to. (Contributed by Brett Cannon in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue25427">bpo-25427</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">parse_qs</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">parse_qsl</span></code>, and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">escape</span></code> are removed from the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/cgi.html#module-cgi" title="cgi: Helpers for running Python scripts via the Common Gateway Interface."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cgi</span></code></a>
module.  They are deprecated in Python 3.2 or older. They should be imported
from the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">urllib.parse</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">html</span></code> modules instead.</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">filemode</span></code> function is removed from the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/tarfile.html#module-tarfile" title="tarfile: Read and write tar-format archive files."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tarfile</span></code></a> module.
It is not documented and deprecated since Python 3.3.</p></li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser" title="xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XMLParser</span></code></a> constructor no longer accepts
the <em>html</em> argument.  It never had an effect and was deprecated in Python 3.4.
All other parameters are now <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#keyword-only-parameter"><span class="std std-ref">keyword-only</span></a>.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue29209">bpo-29209</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Removed the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">doctype()</span></code> method of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser" title="xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XMLParser</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue29209">bpo-29209</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>“unicode_internal” codec is removed.
(Contributed by Inada Naoki in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36297">bpo-36297</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cache</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Statement</span></code> objects of the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/sqlite3.html#module-sqlite3" title="sqlite3: A DB-API 2.0 implementation using SQLite 3.x."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sqlite3</span></code></a> module are not
exposed to the user.
(Contributed by Aviv Palivoda in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue30262">bpo-30262</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bufsize</span></code> keyword argument of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/fileinput.html#fileinput.input" title="fileinput.input"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fileinput.input()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/fileinput.html#fileinput.FileInput" title="fileinput.FileInput"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fileinput.FileInput()</span></code></a> which was ignored and deprecated since Python 3.6
has been removed. <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36952">bpo-36952</a> (Contributed by Matthias Bussonnier.)</p></li>
<li><p>The functions <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.set_coroutine_wrapper()</span></code> and
<code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.get_coroutine_wrapper()</span></code> deprecated in Python 3.7 have been removed;
<a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36933">bpo-36933</a> (Contributed by Matthias Bussonnier.)</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="porting-to-python-3-8">
<h2>Porting to Python 3.8<a class="headerlink" href="#porting-to-python-3-8" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>This section lists previously described changes and other bugfixes
that may require changes to your code.</p>
<div class="section" id="changes-in-python-behavior">
<h3>Changes in Python behavior<a class="headerlink" href="#changes-in-python-behavior" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Yield expressions (both <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">yield</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">yield</span> <span class="pre">from</span></code> clauses) are now disallowed
in comprehensions and generator expressions (aside from the iterable expression
in the leftmost <code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">for</span></code> clause).
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue10544">bpo-10544</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The compiler now produces a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#SyntaxWarning" title="SyntaxWarning"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SyntaxWarning</span></code></a> when identity checks
(<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is</span> <span class="pre">not</span></code>) are used with certain types of literals
(e.g. strings, numbers).  These can often work by accident in CPython,
but are not guaranteed by the language spec.  The warning advises users
to use equality tests (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">==</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!=</span></code>) instead.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34850">bpo-34850</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The CPython interpreter can swallow exceptions in some circumstances.
In Python 3.8 this happens in fewer cases.  In particular, exceptions
raised when getting the attribute from the type dictionary are no longer
ignored. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35459">bpo-35459</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Removed <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__str__</span></code> implementations from builtin types <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#bool" title="bool"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bool</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#int" title="int"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#float" title="float"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">float</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#complex" title="complex"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">complex</span></code></a> and few classes from
the standard library.  They now inherit <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__str__()</span></code> from <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#object" title="object"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></a>.
As result, defining the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__repr__()</span></code> method in the subclass of these
classes will affect their string representation.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36793">bpo-36793</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>On AIX, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/sys.html#sys.platform" title="sys.platform"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.platform</span></code></a> doesn’t contain the major version anymore.
It is always <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'aix'</span></code>, instead of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'aix3'</span></code> .. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'aix7'</span></code>.  Since
older Python versions include the version number, so it is recommended to
always use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.platform.startswith('aix')</span></code>.
(Contributed by M. Felt in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36588">bpo-36588</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init.html#c.PyEval_AcquireLock" title="PyEval_AcquireLock"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyEval_AcquireLock()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init.html#c.PyEval_AcquireThread" title="PyEval_AcquireThread"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyEval_AcquireThread()</span></code></a> now
terminate the current thread if called while the interpreter is
finalizing, making them consistent with <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init.html#c.PyEval_RestoreThread" title="PyEval_RestoreThread"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyEval_RestoreThread()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init.html#c.Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS" title="Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS()</span></code></a>, and <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init.html#c.PyGILState_Ensure" title="PyGILState_Ensure"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyGILState_Ensure()</span></code></a>. If this
behavior is not desired, guard the call by checking <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_Py_IsFinalizing()</span></code>
or <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.is_finalizing()</span></code>.
(Contributed by Joannah Nanjekye in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36475">bpo-36475</a>.)</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="changes-in-the-python-api">
<h3>Changes in the Python API<a class="headerlink" href="#changes-in-the-python-api" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.getcwdb" title="os.getcwdb"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.getcwdb()</span></code></a> function now uses the UTF-8 encoding on Windows,
rather than the ANSI code page: see <span class="target" id="index-19"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0529"><strong>PEP 529</strong></a> for the rationale. The
function is no longer deprecated on Windows.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37412">bpo-37412</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen" title="subprocess.Popen"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.Popen</span></code></a> can now use <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.posix_spawn" title="os.posix_spawn"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.posix_spawn()</span></code></a> in some cases
for better performance. On Windows Subsystem for Linux and QEMU User
Emulation, the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Popen</span></code> constructor using <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.posix_spawn" title="os.posix_spawn"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.posix_spawn()</span></code></a> no longer raises an
exception on errors like “missing program”.  Instead the child process fails with a
non-zero <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">returncode</span></code>.
(Contributed by Joannah Nanjekye and Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35537">bpo-35537</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <em>preexec_fn</em> argument of * <a class="reference internal" href="../library/subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen" title="subprocess.Popen"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subprocess.Popen</span></code></a> is no longer
compatible with subinterpreters. The use of the parameter in a
subinterpreter now raises <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#RuntimeError" title="RuntimeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RuntimeError</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Eric Snow in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34651">bpo-34651</a>, modified by Christian Heimes
in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37951">bpo-37951</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">imap.IMAP4.logout()</span></code> method no longer silently ignores arbitrary
exceptions.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36348">bpo-36348</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The function <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">platform.popen()</span></code> has been removed, after having been deprecated since
Python 3.3: use <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.popen" title="os.popen"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.popen()</span></code></a> instead.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35345">bpo-35345</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/statistics.html#statistics.mode" title="statistics.mode"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">statistics.mode()</span></code></a> function no longer raises an exception
when given multimodal data.  Instead, it returns the first mode
encountered in the input data.  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger
in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35892">bpo-35892</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/tkinter.ttk.html#tkinter.ttk.Treeview.selection" title="tkinter.ttk.Treeview.selection"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">selection()</span></code></a> method of the
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/tkinter.ttk.html#tkinter.ttk.Treeview" title="tkinter.ttk.Treeview"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.ttk.Treeview</span></code></a> class no longer takes arguments.  Using it with
arguments for changing the selection was deprecated in Python 3.6.  Use
specialized methods like <a class="reference internal" href="../library/tkinter.ttk.html#tkinter.ttk.Treeview.selection_set" title="tkinter.ttk.Treeview.selection_set"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">selection_set()</span></code></a> for
changing the selection.  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue31508">bpo-31508</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">writexml()</span></code>, <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">toxml()</span></code> and <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">toprettyxml()</span></code> methods of
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.dom.minidom.html#module-xml.dom.minidom" title="xml.dom.minidom: Minimal Document Object Model (DOM) implementation."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.dom.minidom</span></code></a>, and the <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write()</span></code> method of <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.etree</span></code>,
now preserve the attribute order specified by the user.
(Contributed by Diego Rojas and Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue34160">bpo-34160</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>A <a class="reference internal" href="../library/dbm.html#module-dbm.dumb" title="dbm.dumb: Portable implementation of the simple DBM interface."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dbm.dumb</span></code></a> database opened with flags <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'r'</span></code> is now read-only.
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/dbm.html#dbm.dumb.open" title="dbm.dumb.open"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dbm.dumb.open()</span></code></a> with flags <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'r'</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'w'</span></code> no longer creates
a database if it does not exist.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32749">bpo-32749</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">doctype()</span></code> method defined in a subclass of
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser" title="xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XMLParser</span></code></a> will no longer be called and will
emit a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#RuntimeWarning" title="RuntimeWarning"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RuntimeWarning</span></code></a> instead of a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#DeprecationWarning" title="DeprecationWarning"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DeprecationWarning</span></code></a>.
Define the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xml.etree.ElementTree.TreeBuilder.doctype" title="xml.etree.ElementTree.TreeBuilder.doctype"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">doctype()</span></code></a>
method on a target for handling an XML doctype declaration.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue29209">bpo-29209</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>A <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#RuntimeError" title="RuntimeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RuntimeError</span></code></a> is now raised when the custom metaclass doesn’t
provide the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__classcell__</span></code> entry in the namespace passed to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">type.__new__</span></code>.  A <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#DeprecationWarning" title="DeprecationWarning"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DeprecationWarning</span></code></a> was emitted in Python
3.6–3.7.  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue23722">bpo-23722</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cProfile.Profile</span></code> class can now be used as a context
manager. (Contributed by Scott Sanderson in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue29235">bpo-29235</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copyfile" title="shutil.copyfile"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copyfile()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copy" title="shutil.copy"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copy()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copy2" title="shutil.copy2"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copy2()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree" title="shutil.copytree"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copytree()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.move" title="shutil.move"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.move()</span></code></a> use platform-specific
“fast-copy” syscalls (see
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil-platform-dependent-efficient-copy-operations"><span class="std std-ref">Platform-dependent efficient copy operations</span></a> section).</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copyfile" title="shutil.copyfile"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copyfile()</span></code></a> default buffer size on Windows was changed from
16 KiB to 1 MiB.</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyGC_Head</span></code> struct has changed completely.  All code that touched the
struct member should be rewritten.  (See <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33597">bpo-33597</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/init.html#c.PyInterpreterState" title="PyInterpreterState"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyInterpreterState</span></code></a> struct has been moved into the “internal”
header files (specifically Include/internal/pycore_pystate.h).  An
opaque <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyInterpreterState</span></code> is still available as part of the public
API (and stable ABI).  The docs indicate that none of the struct’s
fields are public, so we hope no one has been using them.  However,
if you do rely on one or more of those private fields and have no
alternative then please open a BPO issue.  We’ll work on helping
you adjust (possibly including adding accessor functions to the
public API).  (See <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35886">bpo-35886</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/mmap.html#mmap.mmap.flush" title="mmap.mmap.flush"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mmap.flush()</span></code></a> method now returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> on
success and raises an exception on error under all platforms.  Previously,
its behavior was platform-dependent: a nonzero value was returned on success;
zero was returned on error under Windows.  A zero value was returned on
success; an exception was raised on error under Unix.
(Contributed by Berker Peksag in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue2122">bpo-2122</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.dom.minidom.html#module-xml.dom.minidom" title="xml.dom.minidom: Minimal Document Object Model (DOM) implementation."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.dom.minidom</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/xml.sax.html#module-xml.sax" title="xml.sax: Package containing SAX2 base classes and convenience functions."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xml.sax</span></code></a> modules no longer process
external entities by default.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue17239">bpo-17239</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Deleting a key from a read-only <a class="reference internal" href="../library/dbm.html#module-dbm" title="dbm: Interfaces to various Unix &quot;database&quot; formats."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dbm</span></code></a> database (<a class="reference internal" href="../library/dbm.html#module-dbm.dumb" title="dbm.dumb: Portable implementation of the simple DBM interface."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dbm.dumb</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/dbm.html#module-dbm.gnu" title="dbm.gnu: GNU's reinterpretation of dbm. (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dbm.gnu</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="../library/dbm.html#module-dbm.ndbm" title="dbm.ndbm: The standard &quot;database&quot; interface, based on ndbm. (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dbm.ndbm</span></code></a>) raises <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">error</span></code> (<a class="reference internal" href="../library/dbm.html#dbm.dumb.error" title="dbm.dumb.error"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dbm.dumb.error</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/dbm.html#dbm.gnu.error" title="dbm.gnu.error"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dbm.gnu.error</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="../library/dbm.html#dbm.ndbm.error" title="dbm.ndbm.error"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dbm.ndbm.error</span></code></a>) instead of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#KeyError" title="KeyError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyError</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Xiang Zhang in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33106">bpo-33106</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Simplified AST for literals.  All constants will be represented as
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ast.Constant</span></code> instances.  Instantiating old classes <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Num</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Str</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Bytes</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NameConstant</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Ellipsis</span></code> will return
an instance of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Constant</span></code>.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32892">bpo-32892</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.path.html#os.path.expanduser" title="os.path.expanduser"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">expanduser()</span></code></a> on Windows now prefers the <span class="target" id="index-20"></span><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">USERPROFILE</span></code>
environment variable and does not use <span class="target" id="index-21"></span><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HOME</span></code>, which is not normally
set for regular user accounts.
(Contributed by Anthony Sottile in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36264">bpo-36264</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The exception <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-exceptions.html#asyncio.CancelledError" title="asyncio.CancelledError"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.CancelledError</span></code></a> now inherits from
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#BaseException" title="BaseException"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BaseException</span></code></a> rather than <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#Exception" title="Exception"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Exception</span></code></a> and no longer inherits
from <a class="reference internal" href="../library/concurrent.futures.html#concurrent.futures.CancelledError" title="concurrent.futures.CancelledError"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">concurrent.futures.CancelledError</span></code></a>.
(Contributed by Yury Selivanov in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32528">bpo-32528</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The function <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.wait_for" title="asyncio.wait_for"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.wait_for()</span></code></a> now correctly waits for cancellation
when using an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.Task" title="asyncio.Task"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.Task</span></code></a>. Previously, upon reaching
<em>timeout</em>, it was cancelled and immediately returned.
(Contributed by Elvis Pranskevichus in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32751">bpo-32751</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The function <a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-protocol.html#asyncio.BaseTransport.get_extra_info" title="asyncio.BaseTransport.get_extra_info"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.BaseTransport.get_extra_info()</span></code></a> now returns a safe
to use socket object when ‘socket’ is passed to the <em>name</em> parameter.
(Contributed by Yury Selivanov in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37027">bpo-37027</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-protocol.html#asyncio.BufferedProtocol" title="asyncio.BufferedProtocol"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.BufferedProtocol</span></code></a> has graduated to the stable API.</p></li>
</ul>
<ul class="simple" id="bpo-36085-whatsnew">
<li><p>DLL dependencies for extension modules and DLLs loaded with <a class="reference internal" href="../library/ctypes.html#module-ctypes" title="ctypes: A foreign function library for Python."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ctypes</span></code></a> on
Windows are now resolved more securely. Only the system paths, the directory
containing the DLL or PYD file, and directories added with
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.add_dll_directory" title="os.add_dll_directory"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_dll_directory()</span></code></a> are searched for load-time dependencies.
Specifically, <span class="target" id="index-22"></span><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PATH</span></code> and the current working directory are no longer
used, and modifications to these will no longer have any effect on normal DLL
resolution. If your application relies on these mechanisms, you should check
for <a class="reference internal" href="../library/os.html#os.add_dll_directory" title="os.add_dll_directory"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_dll_directory()</span></code></a> and if it exists, use it to add your DLLs
directory while loading your library. Note that Windows 7 users will need to
ensure that Windows Update KB2533623 has been installed (this is also verified
by the installer).
(Contributed by Steve Dower in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36085">bpo-36085</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The header files and functions related to pgen have been removed after its
replacement by a pure Python implementation. (Contributed by Pablo Galindo
in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36623">bpo-36623</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../library/types.html#types.CodeType" title="types.CodeType"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">types.CodeType</span></code></a> has a new parameter in the second position of the
constructor (<em>posonlyargcount</em>) to support positional-only arguments defined
in <span class="target" id="index-23"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0570"><strong>PEP 570</strong></a>. The first argument (<em>argcount</em>) now represents the total
number of positional arguments (including positional-only arguments). The new
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">replace()</span></code> method of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/types.html#types.CodeType" title="types.CodeType"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">types.CodeType</span></code></a> can be used to make the code
future-proof.</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="changes-in-the-c-api">
<h3>Changes in the C API<a class="headerlink" href="#changes-in-the-c-api" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<ul>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/veryhigh.html#c.PyCompilerFlags" title="PyCompilerFlags"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyCompilerFlags</span></code></a> structure got a new <em>cf_feature_version</em>
field. It should be initialized to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PY_MINOR_VERSION</span></code>. The field is ignored
by default, and is used if and only if <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyCF_ONLY_AST</span></code> flag is set in
<em>cf_flags</em>.
(Contributed by Guido van Rossum in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35766">bpo-35766</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyEval_ReInitThreads()</span></code> function has been removed from the C API.
It should not be called explicitly: use <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/sys.html#c.PyOS_AfterFork_Child" title="PyOS_AfterFork_Child"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyOS_AfterFork_Child()</span></code></a>
instead.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36728">bpo-36728</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>On Unix, C extensions are no longer linked to libpython except on Android
and Cygwin. When Python is embedded, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">libpython</span></code> must not be loaded with
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RTLD_LOCAL</span></code>, but <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RTLD_GLOBAL</span></code> instead. Previously, using
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RTLD_LOCAL</span></code>, it was already not possible to load C extensions which
were not linked to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">libpython</span></code>, like C extensions of the standard
library built by the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">*shared*</span></code> section of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Modules/Setup</span></code>.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue21536">bpo-21536</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Use of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">#</span></code> variants of formats in parsing or building value (e.g.
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/arg.html#c.PyArg_ParseTuple" title="PyArg_ParseTuple"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyArg_ParseTuple()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/arg.html#c.Py_BuildValue" title="Py_BuildValue"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_BuildValue()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/object.html#c.PyObject_CallFunction" title="PyObject_CallFunction"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_CallFunction()</span></code></a>,
etc.) without <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN</span></code> defined raises <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DeprecationWarning</span></code> now.
It will be removed in 3.10 or 4.0.  Read <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/arg.html#arg-parsing"><span class="std std-ref">Parsing arguments and building values</span></a> for detail.
(Contributed by Inada Naoki in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36381">bpo-36381</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>Instances of heap-allocated types (such as those created with
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/type.html#c.PyType_FromSpec" title="PyType_FromSpec"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyType_FromSpec()</span></code></a>) hold a reference to their type object.
Increasing the reference count of these type objects has been moved from
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/type.html#c.PyType_GenericAlloc" title="PyType_GenericAlloc"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyType_GenericAlloc()</span></code></a> to the more low-level functions,
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/allocation.html#c.PyObject_Init" title="PyObject_Init"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_Init()</span></code></a> and <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_INIT()</span></code>.
This makes types created through <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/type.html#c.PyType_FromSpec" title="PyType_FromSpec"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyType_FromSpec()</span></code></a> behave like
other classes in managed code.</p>
<p>Statically allocated types are not affected.</p>
<p>For the vast majority of cases, there should be no side effect.
However, types that manually increase the reference count after allocating
an instance (perhaps to work around the bug) may now become immortal.
To avoid this, these classes need to call Py_DECREF on the type object
during instance deallocation.</p>
<p>To correctly port these types into 3.8, please apply the following
changes:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Remove <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/refcounting.html#c.Py_INCREF" title="Py_INCREF"><code class="xref c c-macro docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_INCREF</span></code></a> on the type object after allocating an
instance - if any.
This may happen after calling <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/allocation.html#c.PyObject_New" title="PyObject_New"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_New()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/allocation.html#c.PyObject_NewVar" title="PyObject_NewVar"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_NewVar()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/gcsupport.html#c.PyObject_GC_New" title="PyObject_GC_New"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_GC_New()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/gcsupport.html#c.PyObject_GC_NewVar" title="PyObject_GC_NewVar"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_GC_NewVar()</span></code></a>, or any other custom allocator that uses
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/allocation.html#c.PyObject_Init" title="PyObject_Init"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_Init()</span></code></a> or <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_INIT()</span></code>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">static</span> <span class="n">foo_struct</span> <span class="o">*</span>
<span class="n">foo_new</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">PyObject</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">type</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
    <span class="n">foo_struct</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">foo</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">PyObject_GC_New</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">foo_struct</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">PyTypeObject</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">type</span><span class="p">);</span>
    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">foo</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="nb">NULL</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">NULL</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="cp">#if PY_VERSION_HEX &lt; 0x03080000</span>
    <span class="c1">// Workaround for Python issue 35810; no longer necessary in Python 3.8</span>
    <span class="n">PY_INCREF</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">type</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="cp">#endif</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">foo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Ensure that all custom <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tp_dealloc</span></code> functions of heap-allocated types
decrease the type’s reference count.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">static</span> <span class="kt">void</span>
<span class="n">foo_dealloc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">foo_struct</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">instance</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
    <span class="n">PyObject</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Py_TYPE</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">instance</span><span class="p">);</span>
    <span class="n">PyObject_GC_Del</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">instance</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="cp">#if PY_VERSION_HEX &gt;= 0x03080000</span>
    <span class="c1">// This was not needed before Python 3.8 (Python issue 35810)</span>
    <span class="n">Py_DECREF</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">type</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="cp">#endif</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
<p>(Contributed by Eddie Elizondo in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35810">bpo-35810</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>The <code class="xref c c-macro docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_DEPRECATED()</span></code> macro has been implemented for MSVC.
The macro now must be placed before the symbol name.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">Py_DEPRECATED</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">3.8</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">PyAPI_FUNC</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">Py_OldFunction</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>(Contributed by Zackery Spytz in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33407">bpo-33407</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>The interpreter does not pretend to support binary compatibility of
extension types across feature releases, anymore.  A <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/type.html#c.PyTypeObject" title="PyTypeObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyTypeObject</span></code></a>
exported by a third-party extension module is supposed to have all the
slots expected in the current Python version, including
<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/typeobj.html#c.PyTypeObject.tp_finalize" title="PyTypeObject.tp_finalize"><code class="xref c c-member docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tp_finalize</span></code></a> (<a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/typeobj.html#Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE" title="Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE</span></code></a>
is not checked anymore before reading <a class="reference internal" href="../c-api/typeobj.html#c.PyTypeObject.tp_finalize" title="PyTypeObject.tp_finalize"><code class="xref c c-member docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tp_finalize</span></code></a>).</p>
<p>(Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32388">bpo-32388</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>The functions <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyNode_AddChild()</span></code> and <code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyParser_AddToken()</span></code> now accept
two additional <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code> arguments <em>end_lineno</em> and <em>end_col_offset</em>.</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">libpython38.a</span></code> file to allow MinGW tools to link directly against
<code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python38.dll</span></code> is no longer included in the regular Windows distribution.
If you require this file, it may be generated with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gendef</span></code> and
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dlltool</span></code> tools, which are part of the MinGW binutils package:</p>
<div class="highlight-shell notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>gendef - python38.dll &gt; tmp.def
dlltool --dllname python38.dll --def tmp.def --output-lib libpython38.a
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The location of an installed <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pythonXY.dll</span></code> will depend on the
installation options and the version and language of Windows. See
<a class="reference internal" href="../using/windows.html#using-on-windows"><span class="std std-ref">Using Python on Windows</span></a> for more information. The resulting library should be
placed in the same directory as <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pythonXY.lib</span></code>, which is generally the
<code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">libs</span></code> directory under your Python installation.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Steve Dower in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37351">bpo-37351</a>.)</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="cpython-bytecode-changes">
<h3>CPython bytecode changes<a class="headerlink" href="#cpython-bytecode-changes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<ul>
<li><p>The interpreter loop  has been simplified by moving the logic of unrolling
the stack of blocks into the compiler.  The compiler emits now explicit
instructions for adjusting the stack of values and calling the
cleaning-up code for <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/simple_stmts.html#break"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">break</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/simple_stmts.html#continue"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">continue</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/simple_stmts.html#return"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">return</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Removed opcodes <code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BREAK_LOOP</span></code>, <code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CONTINUE_LOOP</span></code>,
<code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SETUP_LOOP</span></code> and <code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SETUP_EXCEPT</span></code>.  Added new opcodes
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/dis.html#opcode-ROT_FOUR"><code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ROT_FOUR</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/dis.html#opcode-BEGIN_FINALLY"><code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BEGIN_FINALLY</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/dis.html#opcode-CALL_FINALLY"><code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CALL_FINALLY</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/dis.html#opcode-POP_FINALLY"><code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POP_FINALLY</span></code></a>.  Changed the behavior of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/dis.html#opcode-END_FINALLY"><code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">END_FINALLY</span></code></a>
and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/dis.html#opcode-WITH_CLEANUP_START"><code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WITH_CLEANUP_START</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>(Contributed by Mark Shannon, Antoine Pitrou and Serhiy Storchaka in
<a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue17611">bpo-17611</a>.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Added new opcode <a class="reference internal" href="../library/dis.html#opcode-END_ASYNC_FOR"><code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">END_ASYNC_FOR</span></code></a> for handling exceptions raised
when awaiting a next item in an <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#async-for"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">async</span> <span class="pre">for</span></code></a> loop.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue33041">bpo-33041</a>.)</p></li>
<li><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../library/dis.html#opcode-MAP_ADD"><code class="xref std std-opcode docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MAP_ADD</span></code></a> now expects the value as the first element in the
stack and the key as the second element. This change was made so the key
is always evaluated before the value in dictionary comprehensions, as
proposed by <span class="target" id="index-24"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572"><strong>PEP 572</strong></a>. (Contributed by Jörn Heissler in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35224">bpo-35224</a>.)</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="demos-and-tools">
<h3>Demos and Tools<a class="headerlink" href="#demos-and-tools" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Added a benchmark script for timing various ways to access variables:
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tools/scripts/var_access_benchmark.py</span></code>.
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue35884">bpo-35884</a>.)</p>
<p>Here’s a summary of performance improvements since Python 3.3:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Python version                       3.3     3.4     3.5     3.6     3.7     3.8
--------------                       ---     ---     ---     ---     ---     ---

Variable and attribute read access:
    read_local                       4.0     7.1     7.1     5.4     5.1     3.9
    read_nonlocal                    5.3     7.1     8.1     5.8     5.4     4.4
    read_global                     13.3    15.5    19.0    14.3    13.6     7.6
    read_builtin                    20.0    21.1    21.6    18.5    19.0     7.5
    read_classvar_from_class        20.5    25.6    26.5    20.7    19.5    18.4
    read_classvar_from_instance     18.5    22.8    23.5    18.8    17.1    16.4
    read_instancevar                26.8    32.4    33.1    28.0    26.3    25.4
    read_instancevar_slots          23.7    27.8    31.3    20.8    20.8    20.2
    read_namedtuple                 68.5    73.8    57.5    45.0    46.8    18.4
    read_boundmethod                29.8    37.6    37.9    29.6    26.9    27.7

Variable and attribute write access:
    write_local                      4.6     8.7     9.3     5.5     5.3     4.3
    write_nonlocal                   7.3    10.5    11.1     5.6     5.5     4.7
    write_global                    15.9    19.7    21.2    18.0    18.0    15.8
    write_classvar                  81.9    92.9    96.0   104.6   102.1    39.2
    write_instancevar               36.4    44.6    45.8    40.0    38.9    35.5
    write_instancevar_slots         28.7    35.6    36.1    27.3    26.6    25.7

Data structure read access:
    read_list                       19.2    24.2    24.5    20.8    20.8    19.0
    read_deque                      19.9    24.7    25.5    20.2    20.6    19.8
    read_dict                       19.7    24.3    25.7    22.3    23.0    21.0
    read_strdict                    17.9    22.6    24.3    19.5    21.2    18.9

Data structure write access:
    write_list                      21.2    27.1    28.5    22.5    21.6    20.0
    write_deque                     23.8    28.7    30.1    22.7    21.8    23.5
    write_dict                      25.9    31.4    33.3    29.3    29.2    24.7
    write_strdict                   22.9    28.4    29.9    27.5    25.2    23.1

Stack (or queue) operations:
    list_append_pop                144.2    93.4   112.7    75.4    74.2    50.8
    deque_append_pop                30.4    43.5    57.0    49.4    49.2    42.5
    deque_append_popleft            30.8    43.7    57.3    49.7    49.7    42.8

Timing loop:
    loop_overhead                    0.3     0.5     0.6     0.4     0.3     0.3
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The benchmarks were measured on an
<a class="reference external" href="https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/76088/intel-core-i7-4960hq-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz.html">Intel® Core™ i7-4960HQ processor</a>
running the macOS 64-bit builds found at
<a class="reference external" href="https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/">python.org</a>.
The benchmark script displays timings in nanoseconds.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="notable-changes-in-python-3-8-1">
<h2>Notable changes in Python 3.8.1<a class="headerlink" href="#notable-changes-in-python-3-8-1" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Due to significant security concerns, the <em>reuse_address</em> parameter of
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/asyncio-eventloop.html#asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint" title="asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint()</span></code></a> is no longer supported. This is
because of the behavior of the socket option <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SO_REUSEADDR</span></code> in UDP. For more
details, see the documentation for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">loop.create_datagram_endpoint()</span></code>.
(Contributed by Kyle Stanley, Antoine Pitrou, and Yury Selivanov in
<a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue37228">bpo-37228</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="notable-changes-in-python-3-8-2">
<h2>Notable changes in Python 3.8.2<a class="headerlink" href="#notable-changes-in-python-3-8-2" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Fixed a regression with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ignore</span></code> callback of <a class="reference internal" href="../library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree" title="shutil.copytree"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shutil.copytree()</span></code></a>.
The argument types are now str and List[str] again.
(Contributed by Manuel Barkhau and Giampaolo Rodola in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue39390">bpo-39390</a>.)</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="notable-changes-in-python-3-8-3">
<h2>Notable changes in Python 3.8.3<a class="headerlink" href="#notable-changes-in-python-3-8-3" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The constant values of future flags in the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/__future__.html#module-__future__" title="__future__: Future statement definitions"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__future__</span></code></a> module
are updated in order to prevent collision with compiler flags. Previously
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT</span></code> was clashing with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CO_FUTURE_DIVISION</span></code>.
(Contributed by Batuhan Taskaya in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue39562">bpo-39562</a>)</p>
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<div class="section" id="notable-changes-in-python-3-8-8">
<h2>Notable changes in Python 3.8.8<a class="headerlink" href="#notable-changes-in-python-3-8-8" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Earlier Python versions allowed using both <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">;</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&amp;</span></code> as
query parameter separators in <a class="reference internal" href="../library/urllib.parse.html#urllib.parse.parse_qs" title="urllib.parse.parse_qs"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">urllib.parse.parse_qs()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/urllib.parse.html#urllib.parse.parse_qsl" title="urllib.parse.parse_qsl"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">urllib.parse.parse_qsl()</span></code></a>.  Due to security concerns, and to conform with
newer W3C recommendations, this has been changed to allow only a single
separator key, with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&amp;</span></code> as the default.  This change also affects
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/cgi.html#cgi.parse" title="cgi.parse"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cgi.parse()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/cgi.html#cgi.parse_multipart" title="cgi.parse_multipart"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cgi.parse_multipart()</span></code></a> as they use the affected
functions internally. For more details, please see their respective
documentation.
(Contributed by Adam Goldschmidt, Senthil Kumaran and Ken Jin in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue42967">bpo-42967</a>.)</p>
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<h2>Notable changes in Python 3.8.9<a class="headerlink" href="#notable-changes-in-python-3-8-9" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>A security fix alters the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/ftplib.html#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ftplib.FTP</span></code></a> behavior to not trust the
IPv4 address sent from the remote server when setting up a passive data
channel.  We reuse the ftp server IP address instead.  For unusual code
requiring the old behavior, set a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address</span></code>
attribute on your FTP instance to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>.  (See <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue43285">bpo-43285</a>)</p>
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<div class="section" id="notable-changes-in-python-3-8-10">
<h2>Notable changes in Python 3.8.10<a class="headerlink" href="#notable-changes-in-python-3-8-10" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="section" id="macos-11-0-big-sur-and-apple-silicon-mac-support">
<h3>macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) and Apple Silicon Mac support<a class="headerlink" href="#macos-11-0-big-sur-and-apple-silicon-mac-support" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>As of 3.8.10, Python now supports building and running on macOS 11
(Big Sur) and on Apple Silicon Macs (based on the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ARM64</span></code> architecture).
A new universal build variant, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">universal2</span></code>, is now available to natively
support both <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ARM64</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Intel</span> <span class="pre">64</span></code> in one set of executables.
Note that support for “weaklinking”, building binaries targeted for newer
versions of macOS that will also run correctly on older versions by
testing at runtime for missing features, is not included in this backport
from Python 3.9; to support a range of macOS versions, continue to target
for and build on the oldest version in the range.</p>
<p>(Originally contributed by Ronald Oussoren and Lawrence D’Anna in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue41100">bpo-41100</a>,
with fixes by FX Coudert and Eli Rykoff, and backported to 3.8 by Maxime Bélanger
and Ned Deily)</p>
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<h2>Notable changes in Python 3.8.10<a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="section" id="urllib-parse">
<h3>urllib.parse<a class="headerlink" href="#urllib-parse" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>The presence of newline or tab characters in parts of a URL allows for some
forms of attacks. Following the WHATWG specification that updates <span class="target" id="index-25"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986.html"><strong>RFC 3986</strong></a>,
ASCII newline <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\n</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\r</span></code> and tab <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\t</span></code> characters are stripped from the
URL by the parser in <a class="reference internal" href="../library/urllib.parse.html#module-urllib.parse" title="urllib.parse: Parse URLs into or assemble them from components."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">urllib.parse</span></code></a> preventing such attacks. The removal
characters are controlled by a new module level variable
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">urllib.parse._UNSAFE_URL_BYTES_TO_REMOVE</span></code>. (See <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue43882">bpo-43882</a>)</p>
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<div class="section" id="notable-changes-in-python-3-8-12">
<h2>Notable changes in Python 3.8.12<a class="headerlink" href="#notable-changes-in-python-3-8-12" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="section" id="id2">
<h3>Changes in the Python API<a class="headerlink" href="#id2" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>Starting with Python 3.8.12 the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/ipaddress.html#module-ipaddress" title="ipaddress: IPv4/IPv6 manipulation library."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ipaddress</span></code></a> module no longer accepts
any leading zeros in IPv4 address strings. Leading zeros are ambiguous and
interpreted as octal notation by some libraries. For example the legacy
function <a class="reference internal" href="../library/socket.html#socket.inet_aton" title="socket.inet_aton"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">socket.inet_aton()</span></code></a> treats leading zeros as octal notation.
glibc implementation of modern <a class="reference internal" href="../library/socket.html#socket.inet_pton" title="socket.inet_pton"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">inet_pton()</span></code></a> does not accept
any leading zeros.</p>
<p>(Originally contributed by Christian Heimes in <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue36384">bpo-36384</a>, and backported
to 3.8 by Achraf Merzouki)</p>
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